Join us for a lively conversation with crime writers Colin Batemen, Callum McSorley and James Murphy, exploring the funnier side of Noir writing.
Callum McSorley is a writer based in Glasgow whose short stories have appeared in Gutter Magazine, Monstrous Regiment and New Writing Scotland. Squeaky Clean was his debut novel, inspired by his years working at a car wash in Glasgow's East End. With it, Callum won the prestigious McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel of the year. Paperboy is the second Ally McCoist thriller.
James Murphy is a Northern Irish writer working within the genre of crime fiction. He is best known for his Farset Investigations Belfast detective series and a gripping psychological thriller series featuring investigative psychologist Dr. Carolyn Harkin, Write Me A Murder and How To Be Dead. He also teaches crime fiction writing classes and is an active member of the Crime Writers Association both as Master Convenor of the Irish Chapter and as Library Champion for Northern Ireland.James holds directorship of Merlin Arts CIC and The Northern Ireland Festival of Writing, where he and his co-founders work to improve the lives of others through the power of writing. He is also the host of the hugely successful podcast, A Life Of Crime (Writing) with James Murphy, and the popular radio show, Crime Scene with James Murphy on Belfast 247. He is currently working on the third Dr. Carolyn Harkin novel which is due for release in Dec 2025.
Colin Bateman is the author of more than thirty novels - including Divorcing Jack, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary, as well as Mystery Man and I Predict A Riot. He is also a playwright, children’s author and very greedy footballer. His most recent films are Driven, starring Jason Sudeikis, about the rise and fall of car maker John DeLorean, and Killing Castro, starring Al Pacino, about, well, killing Castro. His created the long-running TV series Murphy’s Law, and last year the four-part psychological thriller Dead and Buried, starring Colin Morgan, for BBC 1. His big face can also be found on the side of a dilapidated building in his home town of Bangor.
This event is part of National Crime Reading Month
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