Durham Festival of Local Authors

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Festival Of Local Authors County Durham Libraries, Monday 16th - Friday 20th February 2026.

Monday 16th
Ben Lamb - ‘You’re Nicked! Investigating British Television Police Series’
Thornley Library 10.00am 03000 269520 thornley.lib@durham.gov.uk

Glenda Young - ‘Historical Sagas and Cosy Crime’
Sacriston Library 10.30am 03000 269504 sacriston.lib@durham.gov.uk

Jessica Irena Smith - In Conversation - ‘The Summer She Vanished’
Newton Hall Library 11.00am 03000 269503 newtonhall.lib@durham.gov.uk

Susan Gray - The Stories Behind The Stories ‘The Spanish House Secrets and More’
Ferryhill Library 2.00pm 03000 269530 ferryhill.lib@durham.gov.uk

Steve Urwin - ‘Coming Back to This’ An Afternoon of Performance Poetry
Bowburn Library 3.00pm 03000 269528 bowburn.lib@durham.gov.uk

Tuesday 17th
Glenda Young - ‘Historical Sagas and Cosy Crime’
Murton Library 10.30am 03000 269508 murton.lib@durham.gov.uk

Michael K. Foster - ‘Meet the Author - 20 Years of Writing Crime Thrillers’
Shotton Library 2.00pm 03000 269510 shotton.lib@durham.gov.uk

Ben Lamb - ‘You’re Nicked! Investigating British Television Police Series’
Shildon Library 2.00pm 03000 269526 shildon.lib@durham.gov.uk

Steve Urwin - ‘Coming Back to This’ An Evening of Performance Poetry
Consett Library 5.30pm 03000 269513 consett.lib@durham.gov.uk

Wednesday 18th
Susan Gray - The Stories Behind The Stories ‘The Spanish House Secrets and More’
Sedgefield Library 10.30am 03000 269521 sedgefield.lib@durham.gov.uk

Rebecca Philipson - 'How to Get Away with Murder' The Journey to Publication
Barnard Castle Library 10.30am 03000 263409 bdcaslibrary @durham.gov.uk

Rose Wilding - 'Speak of the Devil' 
Pelton Library 2.00pm 03000269515 pelton.lib@durham.gov.uk

Thursday 19th
Jackie Watson - 'A Lefkada Love Story - the Apokeri Bay Trilogy'
Brandon Library 10.30am 03000 269501 brandon.lib@durham.gov.uk

Ben Lamb - 'You're Nicked! Investigating British Television Police Series'
Willington Library 10.30am 03000 269532 willington.lib@durham.gov.uk

Jackie Watson - 'It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams - The Apokeri Bay Series'
South Moor 2.00pm 03000269516 southmoor.lib@durham.gov.uk

Jessica Irena Smith 'In Conversation - The Night of the Crash'
Annfield Plain Library 1.30pm 03000 269511 annfieldplain.lib@durham.gov.uk

​​​​​​Eirinie Lapidaki - In Conversation - 'The Wives of Halcyon'
Belmont Library 5.45pm 03000269500 trimdon.lib@durham.gov.uk

Jane Gulliford Lowes - 'The Horsekeeper's Daughter and Beyond'
Trimdon Library 5.45pm 03000 269522

Friday 20th 
Jane Gulliford Lowes - 'The Horsekeeper's Daughter and Beyond'
Langley Park Library 5.45pm 03000 269502

Please telephone or email the library to book your free place.