Best-selling authors Vaseem Khan and the Festival’s International Writer-in-Residence, Dr Ruby Gupta, examine the spectacular rise of crime fiction set in, and about, India.
They approach the subject through the lens of Agatha Christie whose popularity on the subcontinent – established during the latter days of the Raj – has delighted generations of Indian readers and authors.
Touching on their own work, and the writing of other prominent crime novelists, they bring to life the heat, colour and turbulence of a nation that, in just seven short decades, has made the transition from a British colony to a modern global power.
In partnership with Literature Works and Quay Words
Cost: £10 / £8 concessions
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Accessible toilets are available in the Main House. 70% of the main building is accessible via wheelchair, mobility scooters and buggies. Lifts operate to all floors and stairlifts are in place in areas of the building where short flights of stairs exist. These can be operated by trained staff on request. All doors in wheelchair accessible areas are of an appropriate width, all doors are either power assisted or kept open (except in the case of fire).
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Torre Abbey is normally a fairly quiet environment however noise levels from visitors are not restricted.
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Torre Abbey is lit with electric light, but with no fluorescent bulbs. There is space to turn a wheelchair easily in all rooms.
