Barry Forshaw will be speaking at the British Gothic Cinema Literary Lunch on Saturday 26 April at 12noon in The Crescent Hotel, The Crescent, Scarborough.  He will also be participating host of the panel Favourite Books By The Beach alongside Paul Pickering and Lucy Worsley on Sunday 27 April at 3pm in Scarborough Library Concert Hall.  And he is hosting Celebrity Sunday Papers on Sunday 27 April at 10am.

Barry Forshaw writes for various newspapers, edits Crime Time, and broadcasts for ITV and BBC TV documentaries. He has been Vice Chair of the Crime Writers’ Association.  His other books include British Crime Film; Death in a Cold Climate: A Guide to Scandinavian Crime Fiction; British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia; The Rough Guide to Crime Fiction; Guns for Hire: The Modern Adventure Thriller; books on Italian cinema and the first biography of Stieg Larsson.