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Get this in your diary now - we're back on Wednesday 28th May! Watch this space for the big reveal of our guest authors 👀

Did you know that all tickets give you the same access to our event? Grab yours now for Wednesday 28th May 🎟️ Guest authors to be announced very soon 👀

📢 MASSIVE NEWS 📢 We are delighted to announce that on Wednesday 28th May we will be joined by James Ellson Sean Watkin Catherine Wimpeney alongside host Rob Parker 🎉 It's going to be a fantastic evening - make sure you don't miss out 📚

Sooooooo excited to announce I’ll be a part of this amazing panel on 28 May with Crime Central Manchester . Beyond thrilled! X

Very much looking forward to this . . . I'll be talking about my background as a DI in GMP, and my switch to writing crime fiction - the DCI Castle series about a Manchester detective who keeps bees. They say, write what you know! Base Line is my latest. Hope to see you there!

This time next week we will be ready to welcome our wonderful authors and audience! Get yourself a ticket and don't miss out on the criminally good fun 👀 James Ellson Sean Watkin Catherine Wimpeney

James Ellson was a police officer for 15 years, finishing as a DI at Moss Side in Manchester. When he left the police he started writing and has been doing so ever since ✒️ James' latest thriller, Base Line, is out now 📚 Join us on Wednesday and see James at Crime Central!

Sean Watkin studied a BA and an MA in Creative Writing at Liverpool John Moores University - where he began work on his debut novel, Black Water Rising, which was published last month 🎉 Join us on Wednesday to hear from Sean live at Crime Central! 📚

Catherine Wimpeney is an author from Manchester who has worked as a mental health nurse and is a qualified Psychotherapist. Catherine's debut novel was Her Sister's Shadow, a psychological thriller 📚 Join us on Wednesday to see Catherine at Crime Central!

📚 Multi talented Caimh McDonnell McDonnell is a former comedian and TV writer who now concentrates his energies on writing bestselling hilarious crime novels. 🏛️ Chorlton Library. June 12th 6pm. 🎟️ Pay What You Can tickets available below.. eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-w…

Looking for something to do on a rainy Manchester evening? We are back tomorrow with a fantastic event featuring three wonderful guest authors 📚 It's not too late to grab a ticket! 🎟️

Thanks to Rob Parker and Manchester Libraries for hosting Crime Central Manchester last night. Great to chat with Sean Watkin and Catherine Wimpeney To talk about writing what you know, what you don't, and about Jeremy Vine. Until next time!

Such a good event Crime Central Manchester last night. The perfect host Rob Parker and a great chemistry with the authors , me and James Ellson and Sean Watkin .

There aren't enough words to express how wonderful last night was - a massive thank you to everyone who made this happen 🤩 We're so grateful to everyone who turned up for a panel truly representative of fantastic northern writing ✨

Only 2 weeks until we are back! Have you seen that we announced the three fantastic authors who will be joining us? 👀 Heather Critchlow Antony Johnston (@antonyjohnston elsewhere, too) Rachel Wolf Author/Rachael Blok will be in conversation with Rob Parker discussing all things writing and books 📚

Tickets are now on sale for the next Crime Central - Wednesday 25th June. Grab one now & relax in the knowledge that you will be at Manchester's premier crime fiction event 📚 Don't forget - our tickets are pay what you can, every price gets you the same access to our event 🎟️

📚 READER REVIEW 📚 Something a little different today - a review from Crime Central reader Toby Turner on a book picked up at one of our events. You too could be enjoying great reads by coming along - you might even discover a "new to you" author!

Touched and honoured by such a lovely review from a reader I met at my recent Crime Central Manchester panel. Writing books can feel like shouting at the wind but people taking the time to read & review makes it all worthwhile ☺️

The sun is shining in Manchester and it is only one week until Crime Central! 😎 Make sure you have a ticket and you can see Antony Johnston (@antonyjohnston elsewhere, too) Heather Critchlow Rachel Wolf Author/Rachael Blok on stage with Rob Parker