Featuring Elly Griffiths, Ruth Ware, Hallie Rubenhold, Dorothy Koomson and many more brilliant bestselling authors. Curated by local writers Araminta Hall, David Fennell, Erin Young, Graham Bartlett, and SJ Watson, the second Beyond the Book Festival returns with an incredible line up of multi-genre authors from the world of crime fiction, historical, and SciFi/Fantasy. Are you an unpublished writer? We have you covered with our publishing panels and speed dating agent events (see website for details). Want to know what it's like to be arrested? Then attend our fascinating and fun "Getting Arrested" event with two former detectives turned authors who will stage an arrest of a willing participant or two. Come and listen to some of the best names in the book world. All authors will be signing their books on the day.