WRITE Festival: An Audience with Trevor Wood
*Booking required
Author Trevor Wood will be joining us to discuss his book series, including his first novel The Man on the Street, which is set in his home city and features a homeless protagonist, his second book, One Way Street, and the final book in the trilogy, Dead End Street.
For more information and to book tickets see: An Audience with Trevor Wood.
Tickets £3 per person. Suitable for ages 16+.
About Trevor Wood
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 30 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can't speak the language. He's a successful novelist and playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from the University of East Anglia.
His first novel The Man on the Street, which is set in his home city and features a homeless protagonist, was published in March 2020. It won the Crime Writers' Association's John Creasey New Blood Dagger for best debut and the Crimefest Specsavers Debut Novel of the Year. It was also shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and has been optioned for television by World Productions, the makers of Line of Duty and Bodyguard. It was followed by the highly-acclaimed sequel, One Way Street and the final book in the trilogy, Dead End Street was released earlier this year. He is currently working on a new standalone thriller set in rural Northumberland.
Trevor is one of the founder members of the Northern Crime Syndicate and is a volunteer chef at the People's Kitchen in Newcastle, a charity that provides hot meals for around 200 hundred people every day.
About WRITE Festival 2022
This event is part of The Word's WRITE Festival which is being across the whole of September at The Word and other library venues.
Enjoy a programme of unmissable events, workshops and performances!
Find out more by viewing our full WRITE Festival programme.