Crime Writing Weekend

Two popular crime writers and one of the genre’s most respected editors will help authors develop their craft when a hotel in Dumfries and Galloway hosts a specially-organised weekend of events later this year.

Entitled Crime Fiction at the Selkirk Arms in Kirkcudbright, the inaugural event will take place at the four-star hotel in High Street between October 10-12, 2025.

The residential event will begin on the Friday evening when those taking part will have a unique opportunity to talk to Dea Parkin, Ian Robinson and John Dean, who will join them for dinner in an event called Supper and Sleuthing.

Dea Parkin is an associate member of the prestigious Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) through her editorial consultancy Fiction Feedback, based in Chorley in Lancashire, of which she is the Owner and Editor-in Chief. It specialises in critiquing and editing crime and historical fiction and Dea and her team have worked with some of crime fiction’s biggest names.

Authors Ian Robinson and John Dean live in Dumfries and Galloway and are published by Joffe Books, which recently took over their publisher The Book Folks and is one of the UK’s most successful publishers of crime fiction.

2 nights Dinner, Bed, Breakfast, Lunches and workshops from £315pp based on 2 sharing a twin or double room - Full details on our website

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