Crime Time FM at Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival Episode 3: Welsh Crime Fiction - language, location, character. Paul Burke chats to two festival authors and a committee member:
Sarah Ward - The Birthday Girl
Welcome to Eldey, an island with deadly secrets.
Mona: a carefree artist, staying at the Cloister to work on her illustrations.
Beth: the harried mother of a toddler, on the remote Welsh island for a weekend with her family.
Charlotte: a reluctant stepmother who wanted a romantic getaway with her husband.
One of them is a serial killer who poisoned four of her friends at her eleventh birthday party.
They all fit the profile. Who will risk everything to kill again?
Wini Davies Emeritus Professor of German (University of Aberystwyth), Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival committee member.
Fflur Dafydd - The Library Suicides
Twins Ana and Nan are lost after the death of their mother. Everyone knows who drove Elena, the renowned novelist, to suicide - her long-term literary critic, Eben. But the twins need proof if they're going to get revenge.
Desperate to clear his name, Eben requests access to Elena's diaries at the National Library where the twins work, and they see an opportunity. With careful planning, the twins lock down the labyrinthine building, trapping their colleagues, the public and most importantly Eben inside. But as a rogue security guard starts freeing hostages, the plan unravels. And what began as a single-minded act of revenge blooms into a complex unravelling of loyalties, motives and what it is that makes us who we are.
GWYL CRIME CYMRU FESTIVAL
Crime Cymru
Produced by Junkyard Dog
Music courtesy of Southgate and Leigh
Crime Time
Paul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2022 .
Hoffai GWYL CRIME CYMRU FESTIVAL ddiolch i'n holl noddwyr:
Thanks to The Lottery, Ceredigion Council, Museum and Aberystwyth Library, the Welsh Government, Literature Wales, Love Ceredigion, Arts Council of Wales and Aberystwyth.Gov.UK
Produced by Junkyard Dog
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Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023
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