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Fri, 10/05/2013 - 13:34
W H Smith's promotion of the 2013 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award longlist has launched in stores today, with titles including The Affair by Lee Child, Simon Kernick's Siege and Mark Billingham's Rush of Blood making the selection.
WHS' promotion of the longlist will run...
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Wed, 13/03/2013 - 09:45
W H Smith is to support the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award, in a three-year partnership with Harrogate International Festivals.
The partnership will include a month-long nationwide campaign in 600 W H Smith bookshops for the crime fiction award longlist, announced on 7th May. A second month-long campaign will...
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Fri, 22/07/2011 - 09:34
Lee Child has been awarded the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for his Jack Reacher thriller 61 Hours (Transworld), beating authors including Mark Billingham who has won the prize twice before.
It is the first time Child has won the £3,000 gong, which was awarded this evening (21st July) on the opening...
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Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:24
Lee Child, Val McDermid and Reginald Hill have all been longlisted for the 2011 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.
The 18-strong list also includes some of the newest names in crime fiction, including Rosamund Lupton's bestselling Sister (Piatkus), Simon Lelic's debut Rupture (Picador) and ...
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Thu, 22/07/2010 - 21:05
Orion author R J Ellory has been awarded the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for the first time, beating a shortlist of authors that included Ian Rankin and Peter James.
His A Simple Act of Violence was...


