Osman, Jewell, Harris and more confirmed for Capital Crime Festival

A raft of authors including Richard Osman, Lisa Jewell and Joanne Harris have been confirmed for this year’s Capital Crime festival, taking place at the Leonardo Royal Hotel from 31st August to 2nd September 2023.

Others also confirmed include Kate Atkinson, "Happy Valley" creator Sally Wainwright, Dorothy Koomson, Chris Carter, Peter James, Liz Nugent, Imran Mahmood, Kat Diamond, Nicola Williams, Richard Armitage, Yomi Adegoke and Adele Parks, with the full line-up of more than 140 authors and field specialists to be announced later in the year.

Moreover, in June 2023, the festival will take its first trip out of the city with “Capital Crime goes on Holiday”, which will bring together crime writers including Peter James, Dorothy Koomson and John Sutherland for a series of events at Brighton Friends Meeting House, with book signings run by Goldsboro’s recently opened Brighton store.

Capital Crime co-founder and Goldsboro Books managing director David Headley said: “I’m incredibly proud of everything we are achieving at Capital Crime, we’re unlike any other festival. We’re a year round home for crime and thriller readers and fans.

“Alongside our weekend festival we run our Fingerprint Awards, where winners are voted for by readers, our Social Outreach initiative, which encourages literacy and aims to demystify the publishing industry, and we’ll also be running an exciting satellite event in Brighton with Goldsboro Books. We were so honoured to be joined by so many wonderful authors at last year’s festival and I can’t wait to reveal everything we have in store for this year!"

Capital Crime festival director, Lizzie Curle, said: “I am absolutely delighted that we’ll be welcoming authors and field specialists from across the globe to the UK’s capital city once again this year. Our new indoor venue in the shadow of St Paul’s cathedral, complete with rooftop bar and club, will be the perfect place to celebrate the best genre in the world with the authors, readers and fans who make Capital Crime possible.”