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Official news page for the Agatha Christie Festival, taking place between 12 and 20 September 2026 #AgathaFestival
Christie Confidential: New episode!
Sarah Ransom is joined by Tony Medawar for a fascinating conversation on Agatha Christie and the Occult. Tony also explores Christie’s lasting influence on modern crime writers — and why she is the undisputed master of her craft.
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Christie Confidential: Sarah Ransome chats to Tony Medawar about Agatha Christie & The Occult
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December 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Christie Confidential
Sarah Ransome is joined by award‑winning author Victoria Dowd for a fascinating conversation exploring adventurous characters in Christie’s novels and the challenges & joys of writing in the Golden Age of crime fiction
@victoriadowd.bsky.social
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Christie Confidential: Sarah Ransome chats to Victoria Dowd
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December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
**Spring Gathering: Guest Speaker Spotlight**
Saturday 11 April
A huge hit at this year's Festival, we are delighted to welcome back Kelly Mullen to discuss her brand-new, highly quaffable novel, A Murder in Eight Cocktails.

Book now:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Artwork Reveal!
The Agatha Christie Festival is delighted to unveil its brand-new poster for the 2026 Festival, inspired by the classic style of vintage GWR posters. A fitting nod to timeless travel, intrigue and the golden age of mystery!
Save the dates:
Saturday 12 – Sunday 20 September 2026
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🔎✨ Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering — Guest Speaker Spotlight! ✨🔎
Saturday 11 April
We are thrilled to welcome back fan favourites Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown, the brilliant duo behind the hit podcast The Swinging Christies!
@christietime.com

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December 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In Episode #6 of Christie Confidential, filmed at this year's Agatha Christie Festival, Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund chat about the Isokon Flats where Agatha lived during World War II.
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Christie Confidential: Leyla Daybelge chats to Magnus Englund about the Isokon Flats
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December 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering — Guest Speaker Spotlight!
Saturday 11 April
We are excited to welcome back Val McDermid, one of the UK’s most celebrated and influential crime writers
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Tickets are selling fast — book your place now:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering — Guest Speaker Spotlight!
Saturday 11 April 2026
We’re delighted to welcome bestselling, award winning author Abir Mukherjee to next year’s Spring Gathering!

Tickets are selling fast:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🔍✨ Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering Guest Speaker Spotlight! ✨🔍

We’re thrilled to announce that @tommeadauthor.bsky.social will be joining us with his talk:

A Most Simple Solution: The Locked-Room Puzzles of Agatha Christie

Saturday 11 April:
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Agatha is getting lots of company in the evening at the moment, as she’s conveniently located along the route of the wonderful Bay of Lights Christmas Trail here in Torquay!

✨ It’s free every night until 2 January
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Home - Bay Of Lights
Book Your Ice Rink Tickets Here The Bay of Lights Illumination Trail returns 28 November 2025 to 2 January 2026, bringing a sparkle of seasons spirit to the
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December 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Catch the Tom Adams Art of the Artist exhibition at Torre Abbey until 21 December with just £5 entry.

It’s your last chance to enjoy this retrospective of Tom’s unique Christie covers, before the exhibition closes forever.

www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on/tom...
December 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Tickets for our Spring Gathering have sold so well we’ve just released a brand new batch. They’d make a perfect Xmas gift for any Christie fan (including yourself!)

Here’s a glimpse of the magic from our inaugural event:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_T...

Book here: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
Agatha Christie Festival: Spring Gathering 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Tickets include a pass to our SECOND LIVE EPISODE recording, "The Picture of Agatha Christie"!

Intrigued?? Come Swing with us!! 💃🏻💃🏻🖼️
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A plaque for the Agatha Christie statue will be set into the ground next to it on Friday:

Dame Agatha Christie CBE (1890-1976)
'Agatha sitting on a bench with her dog Peter'
Created by Brixham artist, Elisabeth Hadley
Unveiled by Mr Mathew Prichard, Grandson of Agatha Christie on 12 April 2025
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
**Breaking News**
We are very excited to share that The Mousetrap will be returning to Torquay next year as part of the 75th Anniversary tour.
It will be here for the whole of Festival week (from Monday 14 - Saturday 19 September) and we will be announcing some exclusive events very soon!
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I'm really excited to be part of the @agathafestival.bsky.social Spring Gathering! Tickets are available now...
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The #AgathaChristie Spring Gathering is BACK - and so are we! It's bound to sell out again, so swing on over and grab your ticket while you can...
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
On Friday the Agatha Christie Festival team were lucky enough to visit the Isokon building where Agatha lived during WW2. It was an absolute privilege, so thank you so much to the @isokongallery.bsky.social team for showing us around this glorious building and museum.
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Win a stunning 4-disc 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Agatha Christie boxset!! Plus 64-page booklet and 4 posters.

To enter: Who played Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack’d?

Email your answer to info@iacf-uk.org with “Agatha Christie Collection Competition” in the subject line by 29 November.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Here's a new one... Which is the #AgathaChristie you've read the MOST? Not your favourite necessarily, but the one you reckon you've picked up the most times. Gray's, unsurprisingly, is a 60s one - #TheMirrorCrackdfromSidetoSide! What's yours?
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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We're starting to feel festive after last night's #AChristieforChristmas event! If you are too why not relive our seasonal special from last year? > pod.fo/e/294968

This year's festive special drops on Sunday 14 December! 💃🏻🎄
The Swinging Christies: Agatha Christie in the 1960s: Still Swinging (Bonus Episode) - Christmas
There’s always Christie at Christmas! Join Mark and Gray making the yuletide gay with a discussion about Christie’s festive writings from the 1960s. Come swing around the Christmas tree!You can...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Agatha Christie Festival team were thrilled to catch up with Festival friends Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown of the Swinging Christies podcast at
#AChristieforChristmas
@christietime.com
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November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM