Simon Beckett has been short-listed for the CWA 2009 'Dagger in the Library' award. For more details click here.

2009

January
Hardback publication of Whispers of the Dead (Bantam).

March
Greek editions of The Chemistry of Death (Lyhnari)
French edition of Written in Bone (Calman-Levy)
Japanese edition of The Chemistry of Death (Sony)
4th-6th: Promotional trip to Holland
18th: Lit. COLOGNE festival. 8.00pm Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium
19th: Reading at Mayersche Buchhandlung, Dusseldorf, 8.15pm
20th: Munich Crime Festival, Neuer Sektional der Rechtsmedizin, 6.00pm

April
1st: Obsession (Owning Jacob) published in Germany by Rowohlt Tb.

May
Croatian edition of The Chemistry of Death (VBZ)
15th: Het Sanatorium (Whispers of the Dead) published in Holland by Sijthoff
19th: Whispers of the Dead published in US by Delacourt Press

June
Thai edition of The Chemistry of Death (WeLearn)
2nd: Amsterdam, Power of Plots
Whispers of the Dead published in Italy by Bompiani
19th: Reading at Newbury Library, 7.30pm. Tel. 01635 519900/519963

July
6th: Crime Scene East Midlands, Reading at Heanor Library , 7.30pm. Tel. 01773 831 359

August
Flammenbrut (Where There's Smoke) published in Germany by Rowohlt Tb.

September
Finnish edition of Written in Bone (Karisto)
Swedish edition of Whispers of the Dead (Forum)
12th: Reading Crime Festival, 11-12.30pm 'Professionals' panel
14th, Harbourfront Festival, Hamburg (details tbc)
25th: Gothenburg Book Fair (details to be announced)
27th: Gothenburg Book Fair (details to be announced)

October
7th: Crime Scene East Midlands,
Reading at Daventry Library, 7.30pm
14th: Leicester Central Library,
Evening of Crime (details tbc): 7 - 9 pm
19th: Vienna, KRIMINACHT 2009 CANCELLED

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