Monday, 20 April 2009

Ghost Walk









I’ve returned from a hugely enjoyable weekend at the Crime Writers’ Association annual conference in Lincoln. This was organised by Roger Forsdyke, a very experienced police officer and long-standing member of the CWA, with help from his wife Penny and various colleagues in the CWA. Roger did a great job, and there were numerous highlights.

The first came on Friday evening, with a ghost walk around the city’s historic castle and cathedral area, only a stone’s throw from the hotel where we were staying. Here are some photographs from the evening – the weather was much sunnier than one normally associates with a ghost walk, but appearances deceive, as it was rather cold. But in the low evening sun, Lincoln looked lovely. Not a city I know too well, but it's very appealing.

In the photo featuring the cannon, incidentally, you may recognise a number of very talented writers – Robert Richardson, Keith Miles, Judith Cutler, Rebecca Tope, Peter Lovesey and Kate Ellis.

8 comments:

  1. Dorte H20 April 2009 at 11:55

    Beautiful pictures!
    One should think that as a Danish citizen, I had seen my share of red brick, but I never grow tired of them. In my eyes they are the most beautiful building material in the world.

    NB: I just heard that Bookwitch had trouble getting her hands on one of your books. I am happy to say I could send her a link immediately so she doesn´t have to go without Daniel Kind´s company :)

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  2. Martin Edwards20 April 2009 at 19:35

    Thanks very much indeed, Dorte!
    You will have guessed that getting my books out to prospective readers is one of the great challenges - and I talked to various writers at Lincoln who have much the same difficulty!

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  3. Pyzahn20 April 2009 at 20:42

    Yes, these are beautiful pictures. I'm going to check the library and see if they have your books.

    Have you read Denise Mina? She's Scottish and I love reading her work. The Dead Hour and Slip of the Knife (tho Knife had a different name for the UK). I also love Kate Atchinson. Don't know why suddenly I've found the Scots-women.

    Thanks for visiting Prattle.

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  4. Martin Edwards20 April 2009 at 21:18

    Greetings, Pyzahn. I haven't read Denise Mina yet, though I have a couple of her books on my tbr pile. As well as a new paperback by another Scottish woman writer, Caro Ramsay which looks good.

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  5. Anonymous21 April 2009 at 17:41

    Hope people didn't drop dead as speedily as they do in Eborby.

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  6. Martin Edwards21 April 2009 at 20:48

    Hi Bookwitch - yep, I suspect that Eborby will in due course rival Midsomer, and let's hope it also features on tv!

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  7. Peter Rozovsky27 April 2009 at 07:50

    All part of the literary cannon, are they?

    I have wanted to visit Lincoln since I wrote a paper for an art history seminar some eyars ago about the iconography of some of the sculpture at the cathedral. I want to approach the cathedral from the west, to see that imposing facade.
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  8. Martin Edwards27 April 2009 at 21:48

    Hi Peter - a joke worthy of me!
    You will love Lincoln.
    It's a place I'd like to get to know much better.

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