From Vera to Scott and Bailey, women detectives have been taking over our TV screens this year. On Saturday 22 October at Durham Book Festival, screenwriter Sally Wainwright (Scott and Bailey) and her series co-creator former Detective Inspector Diane Taylor, novelist Ann Cleeves, whose books were the basis of ITV’s recent series, Vera, and crime legend Val McDermid (whose novels were adapted into hit series Wire in the Blood) discussed how women are portrayed in TV crime drama and crime novels.

Chaired by Debbie Taylor, novelist and editorial director of Mslexia magazine.

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