Delegates at the Bodies From The Library conference last Saturday were treated to insights into the science behind the Golden Age Detective Fiction – what the authors got right (plaudits to Agatha for her poisons) and, more amusingly, what they got wrong (sometimes catastrophically, mentioning no names!). All of these were delivered with dry wit by Brian Price, but unfortunately, owing to a glitch in distribution, delegates were not able to buy copies of Brian’s book, Crime Writing: How to Write The Science, on which much of his talk was based.

For those who want to obtain a copy of this book (which I highly recommend having bought a copy at a local literary festival a year or two back), the best method is to contact Brian directly for a signed author copy. Brian can be reached at: info@brianpriceauthor.co.uk

For those who want to obtain copies of Brian’s crime fiction, which, of course, gets the science right, you can find both his novels and short story collection on Amazon. His author page is:

Amazon.co.uk : brian price books

All tickets for this year’s conference have now been sold.

However, for those of you who have not secured a ticket, we are opening a Waiting List to allocate any tickets that are returned because the person can no longer attend the conference.

To apply to go on the waiting list for a returned ticket, please use the contact form on the link below. Please give your name, email address for us to get back in touch should tickets become available and specify the number of tickets you wish to take up if any should become available (maximum two tickets per response).

We will contact people on the waiting list on a strictly first come, first served basis. We cannot promise that tickets will become available – they will only be freed up for re-sale if someone who has already booked finds that they cannot now come to the conference.

Those with long memories, who attended the 2016 Bodies From The Library conference, will recall the excellent talk given by Jennifer Morag Henderson on Josephine Tey. Tey’s novel The Daughter of Time was voted the Greatest Crime Novel of All Time by the Crime Writer’s Association in 1990 and Jennifer’s biography Josephine Tey: A Life was included in The Observer’s list of best biographies of 2015 and was also included by The Independent in the same year’s list of best crime reads.

We are therefore very excited to learn that Jennifer has been editing a collection of Tey’s shorter works, including some previously unpublished short stories, which is expected to be published by Crippen and Landru towards the end of this year.

For more information about this exciting development, check out Jennifer’s website:

https://jennifermoraghenderson.com/2026/04/23/new-josephine-tey-publication/