We can now unveil the programme for the 2021 Bodies From The Library Conference:

1.30pm Introduction and Welcome

1.35pm Opening Panel: Martin Edwards, Alison Joseph and Kate Ellis discuss  Howdunit: A Masterclass in Crime Writing by The Detection Club

2.05pm Martin Edwards and Christine Poulson assess Anthony and Peter Shaffer

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2.45pm Jim Noy TBC

3.15pm Moira Redmond and Len Tyler examine The Great Gladys (Mitchell)

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3.55pm Mark Green looks at Fogginess: A comparison of the writing styles of the four Queens of Crime

4.25pm Steve Barge and Kate Jackson consider The Resurrection of Brian Flynn

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5.05pm Curtis Evans uncovers The Many Faces of Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge

5.35pm Closing panel with Jake Kerridge (Q/A subject to be decided)

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme and timings.   

You can register for the conference, which is free, using the link below:

Bodies From The Library – 2021 Tickets, Sat 15 May 2021 at 13:30 | Eventbrite

Registration has now opened to join the free online Bodies From The Library Conference 2021.

The half-day conference will take place online using Zoom on Saturday 15 May 2021, starting at 1:30pm.

Speakers will include Martin Edwards, Alison Joseph, Christine Poulson and, joining us from the USA, Curtis Evans. The topics which will be covered include Anthony and Peter Schaffer, Gladys Mitchell, Brian Flynn and Patrick Quentin (Q. Patrick).

We intend to include plenty of short breaks to give you a chance to make a cup of tea/coffee or to pour yourself a Gin and Tonic as well as use the “Chat” facility on Zoom to catch up with fellow Golden Age enthusiasts.

In order to receive your link to join this free conference, please use the link below to register:

Bodies From The Library – 2021 Tickets, Sat 15 May 2021 at 13:30 | Eventbrite

We are very pleased to announce the return of Bodies From The Library with a new Conference for 2021 which, for the first time, will be a free event held online via Zoom on 15th May 2021.

As always, the Conference will celebrate the Golden Age of Detective Fiction and will be of interest to fans of Agatha Christie and her contemporaries – Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy L Sayers, John Dickson Carr, Margery Allingham, the Detection Club -and also to those wanting to discover forgotten authors from the period.

The conference will start at 1:30pm (BST) and will include an exciting programme of discussions, presentations and panels on Golden Age Detective Fiction Writers and, although we won’t be able to meet in person this year, there will still be an opportunity to talk to leading experts on classic detective fiction and modern authors whose novels follow in the Golden Age tradition. You will also be able to connect with and chat to old and new friends online.

The Conference is open to everyone and we very much hope that, by holding an online event this year, Golden Age fans from around the world will be able to join us.

Details of how to Register for the Conference will be provided very soon.