
All ticket sales in aid of CENTREPOINT Youth Homeless Charity & The Big Issue. Dozens of top crime authors. Celeb TV guests. Saturday 4th October 2025, 9am-11pm, Gerrards Cross, 20 mins from Marylebone.
Thanks to our sponsors Sacla’ UK, Vaaroom Motorhome Hire, Ewing Law, Quantaco & patron Frederick Forsyth.
Chiltern Kills really is the BEST crime festival out there – Robert Thorogood
Chiltern Kills is an incredible festival – Roxie Key
Arguably best one-day crime festival on the planet – Craig Sisterson
The best one-day crime fiction festival I’ve been to. Looking forward to next year already! – Alex North
For me the best one-day festival going – Andy Wormald
Chiltern Kills 2025: Frederick Forsyth · Rev Richard Coles · Lisa Jewell · Steph McGovern · Claire Douglas · Robert Thorogood · Jeremy Vine · Mark Edwards · Ed James · Dorothy Koomson ·Tony Kent · Paul Waters · SJ Fleet · Sarah Pinborough · Mark Billingham · Gytha Lodge · Vaseem Khan · Imran Mahmood · Michael Cordy · Neil Lancaster · Colin Sutton · Craig Robertson · Erin Kelly · Nikki Smith · Roger Corke · Helen Fields · Jane Casey · Janice Hallet · Olivia Kiernan · Cass Green · AA Dhand · Phil Williams · Natalie Jamieson · Craig Robertson · Graham Bartlett · Claire Douglas · Stuart Neville · Will Carver · Graham Bartlett · Nicola Williams · Linda Calvey · Stevyn Colgan · Lisa Hall · Russel McLean · Will Carver · Nikki Smith · Jemma McDonagh & Nicky Lovick (& watch this space…)
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Gerrards Cross, doors open 9am-11pm, 20 mins from Marylebone
The single most intense one day of crime and thriller writing entertainment, with many of the biggest names in UK crime writing & celeb moderators, all joining together with @centrepointuk and The Big Issue to help homeless people.
Tickets £40 (including booking fee) – ALL proceeds to Centrepoint and The Big Issue. (Our costs are covered by our generous sponsors & all authors are appearing for free.) Or choose an enhanced special ticket with gets you a one-to-one face-to-face consultation with a top literary agent for £70, (which also goes to Centrepoint). NB: All tickets give all-day access to both stages, the signing bookshop, the bar, the food court & mingling areas, but each panel event is first-come-first-seated, & NOT everyone will fit into each panel. Both stages will be running panels at the same time, the bookshop will be hosting signings & crime authors will be pulling pints behind the bar – so plenty to enjoy.
- Dozens of top authors.
- Celebrity Moderators from TV and radio.
- Law and Order professionals.
- 16 panels across 2 stages.
- TV Crime Drama Stars
- Book your 1-2-1 session with literary agents Nicky Lovick and Jemma McDonagh. (Nicky signed up a new author at last year’s festival. This year? It could be you.)
- Unique karaoke – Murder a Song – led by crime writing legends Mark Edwards & Ed James.
- A food selection to make Borough Market blush.
- 1-2-1 interviews with crime and thriller writing legends.
- The WhoDunHim Inn – the Windsor and Eton beer tent to end all beer tents – with bar staff in crime-themed costumes.
- Pick up signed books from your favourite authors at the festival Chiltern Bookshop.
- Swag galore in your festival tote bag with every ticket.
Please use public transport. We’re only 20 minutes from Marylebone by train, and then a short walk from the station. Unmissable.
Chiltern Kills crime writing fest, Gerrards Cross
Chiltern Kills is at historic Colston Hall, (GXCA Memorial Centre), 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 7AD.
- By train: 20 mins from London Marylebone via Chiltern Railways, then 11 mins walk to the venue.
- By car: 5 miles from Junction 2, M40 – free parking.
Get the last train home or stay at one of our lovely local hotels. We recommend The Bull Hotel. But you might also consider The Crowne Plaza Gerrards Cross, The Ethorpe Hotel, The Greyhound Inn, The Rioshouse George Inn, or The Ibis Budget Beaconsfield.
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