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Official news page for the International Agatha Christie Festival, taking place between 13 and 21 September 2025 #AgathaFestival
πβ¨ Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering Guest Speaker Spotlight! β¨π
Weβre 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...
Agatha is getting lots of company in the evening at the moment, as sheβs conveniently located along the route of the wonderful Bay of Lights Christmas Trail here in Torquay!
β¨ Itβs free every night until 2 January
illuminationtrail.co.uk
Catch the Tom Adams Art of the Artist exhibition at Torre Abbey until 21 December with just Β£5 entry.
Itβs your last chance to enjoy this retrospective of Tomβs unique Christie covers, before the exhibition closes forever.
www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on/tom...
Tickets for our Spring Gathering have sold so well weβve just released a brand new batch. Theyβd make a perfect Xmas gift for any Christie fan (including yourself!)
Hereβs a glimpse of the magic from our inaugural event:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_T...
Book here: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
Tickets include a pass to our SECOND LIVE EPISODE recording, "The Picture of Agatha Christie"!
Intrigued?? Come Swing with us!! ππ»ππ»πΌοΈ
Tickets for the 2026 Spring Gathering on April 11 are selling fast!!
With authors @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social & Kelly Mullen, the
@christietime.com, & special guests
@radiomukhers.bsky.social &
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
Don't miss out: www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
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
Sorry, Caroline, I will try that again. We are looking forward to seeing you again!
25.11.2025 11:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you Caroline! We are looing forward to seeing you again.
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**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!
I'm really excited to be part of the @agathafestival.bsky.social Spring Gathering! Tickets are available now...
24.11.2025 18:40 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0The #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...
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**Tickets for the 2026 Spring Gathering on April 11 are now on sale**
With authors @tommeadauthor.bsky.social @antonyjohnston.bsky.social and Kelly Mullen, the @christietime.com podcast, and special guests @radiomukhers.bsky.social and @valmcdermid.bsky.social
www.iacf-uk.org/festival-202...
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.
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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 Crackβd?
Email your answer to info@iacf-uk.org with βAgatha Christie Collection Competitionβ in the subject line by 29 November.
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?
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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! ππ»π
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
@harpercollins.bsky.social
The Festival team had a great time at #AChristieForChristmas on Thursday.
Organised by @harpercollins.bsky.social with @sophiehannah.bsky.social Lucy Foley, Ben Miller, @chrischibnall.bsky.social @markaldridge.info @janicehallett.bsky.social @radiomukhers.bsky.social @janecasey.bsky.social
Tickets going on sale soon...
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In Episode 5 of Christie Confidential, Sarah Ransome chats to David Brawn, head of literary estates at @harpercollins.bsky.social
Celebrating 30 years in his role as Agatha Christieβs publisher, he gives a unique insight into how the authorβs work continues to thrive.
www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid...
Matt Newbury (our Creative Director) joined BBC presenter Michael Chequer to take part in the Children in Need three-legged 1000-Mile Challenge.
They walked along the Agatha Christie Mile to encourage viewers & listeners to donate.
www.donate.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/ThousandMileChallenge
We know what we will be doing on 15 January!
We are really looking forward to this adaptation by Festival friend
@chrischibnall.bsky.social of this Christie novel.
Get the popcorn ready...
www.facebook.com/reel/2244157...
Fancy a little last-minute winter sun with a twist of mystery?
Join us at the Festival Internacional Agatha Christie in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, from 9β15 Nov!
Hear talks from many Festival favourites including our Creative Director Matt Newbury!
agathachristiefestival.es?fbclid=IwY2x...
Death on the Nile Sails into the Bay from Tuesday 18 November - Saturday 22 November 2025
This brand-new adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic is coming to the Princess Theatre here in the author's home town of Torquay.
www.iacf-uk.org/news/death-o...
Alan Carr has stolen the show as the undeniable star of Celebrity Traitors as the best (or worst!) traitor in the gameβs history.
A Christie fan he visited Torbay to film Alan Carrβs Adventures with Agatha Christie where he swam with our very own Creative Director Matt Newbury
youtu.be/njHvaR2v4G0
Festival Friends The Grand Hotel have this fabulous competition in honour of the 111th anniversary of Agatha Christieβs honeymoon, which was spent at the Grand.
2-night stay in the Agatha Christie Suite
A delicious Devon cream tea
A spa treatment
Enter now:
richardsonhotels.co.uk/competitions...
In Ep 4 of Christie Confidential, Sarah Ransome chats to Christie biographer Laura Thompson.
These short films were created for people who weren't able to attend this year's Festival and a reminder for those of us who were!
Thanks to emberlensefilms
youtu.be/gEblvabbs1w?...
Congratulations to @jcbernthal.com and his husband Alan, who have used their detective skills to uncover Agatha Christieβs very first published work, missing for over a century.
christiecatchup.substack.com/p/hidden-in-...
In Episode 3 of Christie Confidential Sarah Ransome chats to internationally recognised Christie expert, Dr John Curran. As well as exploring the enduring appeal of Agatha Christie, he also talks about his latest book - The Murder Game
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrbf...
#emberlensefilms
#agathachristie
