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The Story Engine 2011

Having programmed this event for five years, its sometimes been hard to see where to take it next. But I’m pleased to say that this year’s edition has more or less programmed itself. Those inspired loons at the Tyneside Cinema had the terrific idea of creating a series of events to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the UK release of Get Carter and wondered if we’d be interested in building the Story Engine 2011 around it.

The idea of creating an event dedicated entirely to crime writing seemed a perfect way for us to look anew at how writers create their fictions, explore how genre influences the shape of a narrative, and examine the intimate relationship between the novel and the screenplay. 

With Mike Hodges on board, others quickly followed: David Peace, whose Red Riding series (1974, 1977, 1980, 1983) lie firmly in the shadow of Carter, Tony Grisoni, who took on the seemingly impossible task of adapting Peace’s books for the screen, Paul Rutman, whose adaptation of North East novelist Ann Cleeves’ Vera books will appear on ITV in the spring, Tartan noir novelist/graphic novelist Denise Mina, and Controller of BBC Drama Production and New Talent John Yorke. Then just as we were wrapping it up in came Eva Ward and Antonia Pyk from Swedish production company YellowBird to talk about Wallander, the Millenium trilogy and the mammoth six feature film project they are about to embark on. 

Keep an eye on the Story Engine website. The event takes place on March 11th and 12th and you can buy tickets here.