Welcome to Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival 2025!
Friday 25 APRIL 2025
Event
Time
Title
Who
Where
Off1
16.00 – 17.00
Dragon Parade
Everyone!
Bandstand
Off2
16.30 – 17.30
Archive Visit
National Library of Wales
E1
19.00 – late
Noir at the Bar
Everyone!
Museum
Saturday 26 APRIL 2025
Event
Time
Title
Who
Where
01
09.00 – 10-00
Diamond Crime
Phil Rowlands (Chair)
Thorne Moore, Jacqueline Harrett, GB Williams
Museum
W1
09.30 – 10.30
Writing self-defence workshop
Zoe Sharp
Library Teaching Room
02
10.00 – 11.00
How to use your archive
GJ Williams, Helen Palmer, Richard Ireland
Library Archive
03
10.00 – 11.00
Police Procedural
Graham Bartlett (chair), James Oswald, Graham Miller
Library Mezzanine
04
10.30 – 11.30
A Foreign Field
Philip Gwynne Jones (chair), Chris Lloyd, Heidi Amsinck, Morgan Green
Museum
W2
11.00 – 12.00
Children’s Writing Workshop
Colin Parsons
Library Teaching Room
05
11.30 – 12.30
Historical Crime
GJ Williams (chair), Alis Hawkwins, Leslie Scase
Library Mezzanine
06
12.00 – 13.00
Girl Power and the female detective
Ayo Onatade (chair), Elly Griffith, Sarah Ward, Zoe Sharp
Museum
W3
12.30 – 13.30
Creative Writing (Cymraeg)
Myfanwy Alexander
Library Teaching Room
07
13.00 – 14.00
Crime in Mind
Louise Mumford (chair), Phil Rowlands, Ronnie Turner
Library Mezzanine
08
13.30 – 14.30
Both Sides of the Pond
Paul Burke(chair), Abir Mukherjee
Museum
W4
14.00 – 15.00
Workshop – Creating the Psychopath
Graham Bartlett, GJ Williams
Library Teaching Room
09
14.30 – 15.30
Committing Crime in Cymraeg (Cymraeg)
Nia Roberts (chair), Gwen Parrot, Myfanwy Alexander, Catrin Gerallt
Library Mezzanine
10
15.00 – 16.00
Legal Thrillers
Ayo Onatade (chair), LJ Shepherd, Nicola Williams
Museum
11
15.30 – 16.30
Self-Publishing
David Penny (chair), Helen Blenkinsop, Ann Bloxwich, Marie Anne Cope
Library Teaching Room
12
16.00 – 17.00
The Detectives They Wrote
Sarah Ward (Chair), Jacqueline Harrett, Sarah Hilary, Meleri Wyn James
Library Mezzanine
13
16.30 – 17.30
Women Writers – a different perspective
Jacky Collins (chair), Clare Mackintosh, Mari Hannah
Museum
14
18.00 – 19.00
Arresting Fun
Abir Mukherjee (chair), Vaseem Khan, Ben Aaronovitch
Museum
E2
20.00 – late
An Evening with Mark Billingham
Philip Gwynne Jones (chair), Mark Billingham
Museum
Sunday 27 APRIL 2024
Event
Time
Title
Who
Where
15
09.30 – 10.30
Getting Cosy
Rod Green (chair), Hannah Hendy, Mary Grand
Museum
16
10.00 – 11.00
Crime for kids
Sarah Todd Taylor (chair), Rhian Tracey, Fleur Hitchcock
Library Mezzanine
17
11.00 – 12.00
Over the seas and far away
Chris Lloyd (chair), Vaseem Khan
Museum
18
11.30 – 12.30
The Publishing Trade in Wales (Cymraeg)
Anthony Evans (chair), Nia Roberts, Meleri Wyn James
Library Mezzanine
19
12.30 – 13.30
Weird and Wonderful
Jacky Collins (chair), Ben Aaronovitch, James Oswald, GB Williams
Museum
20
13.00 – 14.00
True Crime
Sarah Ward (chair), Matt Johnson, Sarah Bax Horton
Library Mezzanine
21
14.00 – 15.00
When Hawkins met Dafydd
Alis Hawkins, Fflur Dafydd
Museum
For more information on how to best enjoy your time at the festival, click here.
Aberystwyth Harbour at night