Harrogate International Festivals

Harrogate International Festivals bring us the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival each year, just down the hill at The Old Swan, along with many other festivals & events too. We’re devastated that the crime festival can’t go ahead this year – it’s always a wonderful weekend for the town and we had forty authors pop in to sign books for us last year! Since the festival can’t go ahead as planned Harrogate International Festivals are going virtual with their “HIF Weekender” – a free digital festival on the 23rd-26th July 2020. On this page we’re highlighting this year’s New Blood selection, we have the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year Shortlist, some of our favourites linked to the festival and some tenuous links too!