Programme for 2026 Conference Revealed

We can finally reveal the full programme for this year’s conference:

9:30 Doors open and Registration

9:55 Welcome

10.00 Martin Edwards and Simon Brett in conversation on The Detection Club: Personal Perspectives

10.30 Victoria Dowd considers Van Dine, Benson and The Rules

11.00 John Curran discusses Agatha Christie and The Murder Game

11.30 COFFEE

12.00 Jasmine Simeone talks on Clouds of Witness: A Centenary in Context

12.30 Tom Mead reveals Master of the Impossible: the British Library Reissues of John Dickson Carr

1.00 – 2.00 LUNCH*

2.00 Ronaldo Fagarazzi discusses Golden Age Crime on the Small Screen

2.45 Catherine Cooke considers Albert Campion and Sherlock Holmes

3.15 Brian Price critiques Poison in the Golden Age

3.45 COFFEE

4.15 Jim Noy talks on Leo Bruce: Post-Beef and All The Trimmings

4.45 Ask the Experts

5.30-6.30 Wine Reception

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme if necessary due to force of circumstances.