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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival

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The UK’s biggest one-day crime writing festival, just 18 minutes out of London and featuring some of the biggest names in UK crime fiction. Every penny of every ticket sold goes to help Centrepoint end youth homelessness in the UK.

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 20

Chiltern Kills is a one-day crime-writing festival co-founded by @tonykentwrites.bsky.social & @paulwaters.bsky.social & held every Oct just outside London

Our patron is thriller legend Frederick Forsyth

Every penny raised in ticket sales goes to youth homelessness charity Centrepoint

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Dec 9

Very pleased to see our co-founder Tony Kent and so many of our Chiltern Kills guest authors featuring in the @dailyexpress.bsky.social best books of 2024 list.

Hit the link to see all of the choices, and please share!

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1986...

The best books of 2024 – recommended by authors from Ian Rankin to Mick Herron

The nation's biggest and best authors share their favourite books of the year with Express readers...

www.express.co.uk

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 28

He didn’t cancel twice….

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 28

A very happy publication day to one of #ChilternKills favourite ‘regulars’, the always brilliant Vaseem Khan and his latest, no doubt soon to be award winning Malabar House Mystery - City of Destruction.

(Although he doesn’t seem to be on here yet, so we probably could have skipped him…)

Abir Mukherjee @radiomukhers.bsky.social · Nov 28

Happy publication day to the second (possibly third) handsomest British Asian writer. This book is no doubt brilliant and so I refuse to read it. Please buy it and make him happy.

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 21

A very happy paperback publication day to one of #ChilternKills favourite authors, the brilliant @neillancaster66.bsky.social

#TheDevilYouKnow is the latest in the wildly successful #MaxCraigie series, simultaneously the most exciting AND most realistic police procedural series being written today

Neil Lancaster @neillancaster66.bsky.social · Nov 14

A week today for the paperback of #TheDevilYouKnow

Preorders are really welcome !!

The Devil You Know: A new utterly gripping Scottish police procedural for crime fiction and thriller fans for 2024!: Book 5 (DS Max Craigie Scottish Crime Thrillers) amzn.eu/d/0PeoDVK

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 20

Come for the writers and for the good cause. Stay for the food, the fun, the festivities and - for want of another ‘f’ - the very boozy “How To Murder A Song’ after party where everyone sings their heart out until midnight!!

Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 20

The next Chiltern Kills will take place on Saturday 4th October 2025 in Gerrards Cross, just 18 mins out of London by train and 5 mins from the M25.

Tickets are already on sale at www.chilternkills.com

As ever, every penny raised will go to help Centrepoint fight youth homelessness in the UK

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 20

Founded in 2023, Chiltern Kills has featured over 120 bestselling authors across 2 single day festivals, inc Frederick Forsyth, Ian Rankin, Jeffrey Archer, Mark Billingham, @barristersecret.bsky.social @ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @callytaylor.bsky.social @sarahpinborough.bsky.social & many more

Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 20

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Bay Tales @baytales.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Do join us, it’s going to be a lot of fun. 🌊

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 14

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 14

Good advice, thank you.

Now just have to go find some!!

Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 14

So, how does a Crime Writing Festival go about picking up followers in this place, eh?

Any idea?

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 12

We’re delighted to announce some amazing news #ChilternKills news.

Our patron - the one & only #FrederickForsyth - has teamed up with our festival co-founder @tonykentwrites.bsky.social to co-write a sequel to the bestselling classic #TheOdessaFile

We can’t wait!

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1971...

Rise of Germany's Far Right inspired new thriller by 'Day of the Jackal' lege...

Bestselling novelist and former Daily Express columnist Freddie Forsyth is making a literary comeback in a sequel to his SECOND best book

www.express.co.uk

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

There are many amazing photos after a brilliant @chilternkills.bsky.social this Sat

But this is the best one

Me and - as my co-founder of the festival, @paulwaters.bsky.social put it - ‘my sequel’

Note his pride of place ‘Author’ lanyard. As he would tell you: “I’ve written 7 books, you know!”

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

Our purchased for the occasion, straight out of the box @chilternkills.bsky.social loudhailer failed to work on Saturday.

Guess what we used instead!!

#bigmouth #foghorn #loudbastard

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

The most out-there panel of @chilternkills.bsky.social - Secret Barrister exposed!

Who’d have thought our favourite legal bunny was The Bill’s Lisa Maxwell

Joking aside, Lisa & Louise Minchin played a blinder to make this one work & @barristersecret.bsky.social was their usual brilliant self!

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

It’s my night before @chilternkills.bsky.social video, when I had lots of grand ideas for the content I’d be making for #tiktok and all that business…

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

The following morning I still had big plans. I was going to interview the world, I was. All the @chilternkills.bsky.social grandees. Just needed to stay sharp…

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

And a little while later I WAS sharper! I even had my sunglasses on. I had this down, this video-blogging thing. Why did people keep saying it was so hard?

Proper doddle…

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

And then…I forgot for 5 hours or so.

Because, frankly, who has the time!?!?

Life is for living, not recording.

Or at least that’s what I told the @chilternkills.bsky.social committee when they asked where the hell all my promised videos were!!

I even stopped this one too early!!

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Tony Kent @tonykentwrites.bsky.social · Oct 7

And then…there was this one.

The end.

4 hours later.

Well, the end of the non-drunken karaoke part, anyway.

Sorry, @chilternkills.bsky.social. I’ll go better next year. By which I mean I won’t volunteer to do the videos in the first place!!

That way everybody’s happy!!

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Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 11

After the success of the inaugural #ChilternKills, we are delighted to announce the festival’s return on 5TH OCTOBER 2024 for another day of crime-writing fun

Join us in GerrardsX & help #centrepointuk fight youth homelessness

Ticket available now @ www.chilternkills.com

Chiltern Kills Crime Writing Festival @chilternkills.bsky.social · Nov 8

A big announcement coming this weekend about the next #ChilternKills

One which can only be made once we settle on a name

Most want #ChilternKills2024.

One idiot wants ‘Chiltern Kills 2: The Chalfont Strike Back’!!

We think we know who’s going to lose.

Check back on Saturday afternoon for news…

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