April 3-5, 2026
Quais Polar
Lyon, France
Special Guests: Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, Chris Brookmyre, SA Cosby, Peter
James, Abir Mukherjee, Don Winslow
April 11, 2026
Midwest Mystery Conference
Chicago, IL
Special Guests: Tracy Clark, Raquel Garcia, Michele Knapp, Lori Rader-Day
April 16-19, 2026
Hamptons Whodunnit
East Hampton Village, NY
Special Guests: Jack Carr, Attica Locke, May Cobb
April 18-19, 2026
Los Angeles Times Festival of the Book
Los Angeles, CA
Special Guests TBA
April 19, 2026
Warrington Crime Festival
Warrington, UK
Special guests include: Simon McCleave, Conrad Jones, Caroline England, Andrew
Barrett, ML Raynor, Axl Malton, Cheryl Elaine, and more
April 24-26, 2026
Malice Domestic
Bethesda, MD
Guest of Honor: Annette Dashofy; Lifetime Achievement: Jacqueline Winspear;
Toastmaster: Ellen Byron; Poirot Award: Jim Huang;
MAY 2026
May 2, 2026
Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookstore's I Scream of Mysteries
Mechanisburg, PA
Special Guests: Laura Bradford; C. Bradly; Ellen Crosby; Nancy Hughes;
Sarah Ickes; Andrea J. Johnson; Tj O'Connor; Amy M. Reade (aka A.M. Reade);
Robert Swartwood
May 5-9, 2026
Thrillerfest
New York, NY
Special Guests: Lisa Scottoline, Thrillermaster; Harlan Coben, Thillermaster;
Douglas Preston, Silver Bullet Recipient; Rachel Howzall Hall, Spotlight Guest;
Luis Alberto Urrea, Spotlight Guest; Barbara Peters, Thriller Legend
May
16, 2026
CrimeConn
Stamford, CT
Special Guests: Alafair Burke, Hank
Phillippi Ryan, Reed Farrel Coleman
May 17, 2026
Gaithersburg Book
Festival
Gaithersburg, MD
Special Guests: Dan Fesperman, Alex Finlay, Sujata Massey, Nick Petrie,
Lori Rader-Day, Jennifer Van Der Kleut
May 23-24, 2025
Montreal Mystery / Montréal Mystère
Montreal, Canada
Guest of Honor: Kathy Reichs
May 29-31, 2026
CrimeCon
Las Vega, NV
A conference for fans of true crime
Special guests TBA
JUNE 2026
June 6, 2026
Short Con
(crime fiction short stories)
Alexandria, VA
Special guests: TBA
June 18-20, 2026
Capital Crime
London, UK
Special Guests TBA
June 20, 2026
Bodies From the Library
London, England
Celebrating the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
June 25-29, 2026
ALA Conference
San Diego, CA
JULY 2026
July 9-12, 2026
Public Safety Writers
Conference
Las Vegas, NV
Special guests: Allan Fox, Ellen Kirschman, James
L’Etoile, Joe Haggerty, Mike Brandt, John Gilstrap, Kelli Peacock, Allen Grimes
July 17-19, 2026
Book Passage Mystery
Writers Conference
Corte Madera, CA
Faculty: Cara
Black and Tim Maleeny, Co-Chairs; Samantha Downing, George Fong, Elizabeth
George, Rachel Howzell Hall, James L'Etoile, Luisa Smith, Kelli Stanley
July 23-26, 2026
Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
Harrogate, UK
Special Guests TBA
July 30-August 2, 2026
Pulpfest
Pittsburgh, PA
AUGUST 2026
August 9-24, 2025
Edinburgh Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
Schedule TBA
August 20-23, 2026
Killer Nashville
Nashville, TN
Special Guests: Reed Farrel Coleman, Heather Graham, Noelle Nhi,
SEPTEMBER 2026
September 3-7, 2026
Bouchercon
Calgary, CA
Lifetime Achievement Guest Of Honour: Louise Penny; Cross-Border Guest Of
Honour: Kathy Reichs; International Guest Of Honour: Abir Mukherjee; American
Guest Of Honour: Mark Greaney; Canadian Guest Of Honour: Jennifer Hillier; Cozy
Guest Of Honour: Vicki Delany; Kids’ Guest Of Honour: Kevin Sands
September 4-6, 2026
St. Hilda's Mystery
& Crime Conference
Oxford, England
Guest of Honor: Andrew Taylor; Other speakers
include: Jo Callaghan; Ajay Chowdhury; Abigail Dean; Vaseem Khan; Remi Kone;
Simon Mason; Ayo Onatade; Hallie Rubenhold; Laura Shepherd-Robinson; Sarah
Vaughan; Martyn Waites
September 26, 2026 –
NEW
Coastal Crime
Southampton, UK
OCTOBER 2026
October 3, 2026
Chiltern
Kills
Gerrards Cross, UK
Special Guests: TBA
October 8-11, 2026
Ashland Mystery
Festival
Ashland, OR
Special Guests: TBA
NOVEMBER 2026
November 6-8, 2026
New England Crime Bake
Special Guests: Joseph Finder, Lisa Gardner
November 14, 2026
Men of Mystery
Long Beach, CA
Special Guests: TBA
