Killer Debuts:  Greg Buchanan, Femi Kayode & Catriona Ward @NationalCentreforWriting
Killer Debuts:  Greg Buchanan, Femi Kayode & Catriona Ward  @NationalCentreforWriting
Uploaded September 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Warning: this event contains adult language.

The brutal murder of three young students in a Nigerian university town, an English seaside town gripped with panic and paranoia, and an ordinary house on an ordinary street holding an unimaginable darkness....

Discover your next favourite book from our selection of the best debut novels in crime writing from graduates of the University of East Anglia. Emerging crime superstars Greg Buchanan (Sixteen Horses), Femi Kayode (Lightseekers) and Catriona Ward (The Last House on Needless Street) will reveal where to find inspiration, how to write an attention-grabbing debut, and what gave them their big break.

The event will be chaired by writer, editor, interviewer and book festival programmer Lee Randall.
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Killer Debuts: Greg Buchanan, Femi Kayode & Catriona Ward

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