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Manchester Literature Festival

Anthony Horowitz's Sherlock Holmes

Thursday 3rd November, 7pm

Banqueting Hall, Manchester Town Hall Lloyd Street (side entrance), Manchester M60 2LA

Tickets: £8/£6 concessions. Book on 0843 208 0500 or

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous fictional characters ever created, loved by millions the world over. Anthony Horowitz was the first modern author officially commissioned by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write a new Sherlock Holmes case. Come and be among the first to discover the results as Anthony talks about The House of Silk with crime fiction fan and host of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour Jenni Murray. Anthony Horowitz is the author of a string of best-selling children's books, including the Alex Rider, The Power of Five and The Diamond Brothers series, and is the creator and writer of Foyle's War and Midsomer Murders, as well as the adapter of many of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels for the long-running TV series. Jenni Murray is the author of Memoirs of a Not So Dutiful Daughter and My Boy Butch.

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