Venice Noir
Venice Noir is an international crime fiction festival held each year in the city. As co-founder and international director, David has helped to build it into one of Europe’s most distinctive literary events — all public events free to attend. In 2026 the festival was staged in the Ateneo Veneto, Teatro La Fenice and the Ridotto of the Hotel Monaco, once frequented by Casanova. More information at www.venicenoir.com.
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Venice Noir launches at Harrogate
Just back from a surprisingly warm and sunny Theakstons Crimewriting festival at Harrogate where we launched the international edition of Venice Noir 2026. Here are some of my co-conspirators after the event — Suzy Lishman, our resident super pathologist who has a fantastic panel on her hands this year; Philip Gwynne Jones, Erin Kelly, historian…
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Countdown to Venice Noir… Harrogate here we come
We’ve been working on the international line-up for Venice Noir 2026 for months… and I’m delighted to tell you now it’s done. Unfortunately I’m not going to tell you what we have in store. Only that it’s even bigger and better than last year, now running across four days, and we’ve added La Fenice opera…
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Venice comes to Harrogate
If you’re coming to the great Theakstons Crime Festival at Harrogate next month please put 1pm on Saturday in your diary. That’s when we’ll be announcing the programme for Venice Noir 2026… and quite a few surprises along the way. I’ll be there along with Philip Gwynne Jones. Erin Kelly and Noir’s resident pathologist and…