Crime, Social History and Literature – A Gang of Plotters

Crime & Social History

Morning Course

Diane Janes

10 September 2021

Non-resident fee £33 (morning only)

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Description

This half day course is part of Dillington Discovery Autumn week.

A week of real-life murder cases, fascinating discussions and crime writing.  Diane Janes invites you into the world of factual and fictional murder. Attend all week or by the day, whatever you do, you’ll be gripped and entertained.  Once booked, you will receive the full course detail.

How do crime novels actually work? Can anyone plot a crime novel? You don’t need any experience of creative writing, or any aspirations to write a novel, in order to take part in this experimental (and hopefully entertaining) half day.

Tutor information

Diane Janes is an award winning author, who has written five highly regarded crime novels and four respected factual books on real life historical murders. She is regularly invited to lecture on crime and social history to a wide variety of audiences, in locations as diverse as cruise ships and village halls, and her first work of non-fiction, Edwardian Murder: Ightham & the Morpeth Train Robbery is now referenced in academic text books on the history of policing.

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