Theakston Brewery sponsor the Old Peculier Crime Festival, which takes place in Harrogate every year. The festival comes along with a prize, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel and the 2019 shortlist for this prize has just been announced.
Theakston Old Peculier has been the title sponsor of the festival almost from the start back in 2006 and so the award is now in its thirteenth year. Crime remains one of the most popular literary genres, and so here are the six novels that have made the shortlist for 2019, giving you plenty to add to your TBR!
September 17, 2019
Turkish Author Jailed for Life Nominated for £50,000 Book Prize
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September 4, 2019
The Booker Prize Shortlist 2019 Announced
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July 28, 2019
Wainwright Book Prize 2019 Shortlist Announced
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July 26, 2019
The Booker Prize Longlist 2019 Announced
This week the much-awaited Booker Prize Longlist or “Booker Dozen” was announced with, as usual,…
