OxCrimes: 27 Killer Stories from the cream of Crimewriters

For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further 200,000 for Oxfam's work. OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh and a host of other compelling suspects. Profile have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for Oxfam by publishing OxTales (2009) and OxTravels (9781846684968) (2011). Oxtravels Is An Extraordinary Collection. Thirty-six Travel Writers Have Contributed Stories Of Remarkable Meetings -- Life-changing, Affecting, Amusing By Turn. The Book Is Published In Support Of Oxfam's Work. -- Back Cover. Return Of The Native / Nicholas Shakespeare -- Madam Say Go / Sonia Faleiro -- The Monk's Luggage / Paul Theroux -- Blood Diamonds / Peter Godwin -- Arifin / Ruth Padel -- The Nun's Tale / William Dalrymple -- The Last Man Alive / Oliver Bullough -- The Penguin And The Tree / Lloyd Jones -- Manoli / Victoria Hislop -- Costa / John Julius Norwich -- The Other World / John Gimlette -- Three Tibetans In Ireland / Dervla Murphy -- Rafaelillo / Jason Webster -- The Piece Of String / Shehan Karunatilaka -- The End Of The Bolster / Sara Wheeler -- Encounter In The Amazon / Hugh Thomson -- Love In A Hot Climate / Rory Maclean -- A Confederacy Of Ghosts / Jasper Winn -- The Beggar King / Aminatta Forna -- The Fall And Rise Of A Rome Patient / Ian Thomson -- Cures For Serpents / Chris Stewart -- On The Way To Timbuktu / Michael Jacobs -- Big Yellow Taxi / Tiffany Murray -- The Orchid Lady / Robin Hanbury-tenison -- With Eyes Wide Open / Raja Shehadeh -- Decide To Be Bold / Janine Di Giovanni -- The Man Who Laughed In A Tomb / Anthony Sattin -- A Villain / Horatio Clare -- The Zoo From The Outside / Tom Bullough -- Meetings With Remarkable Poets / Sarah Maguire -- Letting Greene Go / Tim Butcher -- Heat Of Darkness / David Shukman -- The Fourth World / Jan Morris -- The Wrestler / Rory Stewart -- In Mandalay / Colin Thubron -- A Cave On The Black Sea / Patrick Leigh Fermor. Introduced By Michael Palin ; Edited By Mark Ellingham, Peter Florence And Barnaby Rogerson.

For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work.

OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Val McDermid, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, Louise Welsh and a host of other compelling suspects.

Profile have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for Oxfam by publishing OxTales (2009)and OxTravels (9781846684968) (2011).

Introduced by Michael Palin, OxTravels features original stories from twenty-five top travel writers, including Paul Theroux, Sara Wheeler, William Dalrymple, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Lloyd Jones, Rory Stewart, Jan Morris, Dervla Murphy, Rory MacLean, Nicholas Shakespeare, Peter Godwin, Victoria Hislop, and others. Each of the stories takes as its theme a meetinglife-changing, affecting, amusing by turnand together they transport readers into a brilliant, vivid atlas of encounters. This extraordinary collection is published in aid of Oxfam and all royalties from the book will support Oxfam's work around the world. For 2014, Oxfam and Profile have turned to crime in order to raise a further £200,000 for Oxfam's work. OxCrimes is introduced by Ian Rankin and has been curated by Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, where it will be launched in May. The stellar cast of contributors will include Mark Billingham, Alexander McCall Smith, Anthony Horowitz, Sophie Hannah, Peter James, Adrian McKinty, Denise Mina, SJ Parris and a host of other compelling suspects. Profile have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for Oxfam by publishing OxTales (2009)and OxTravels (9781846684968) (2011). A collection of travel writing, which will act as a focus for the Oxfam Bookfest in 2011. It features stories from twenty-five travel writers, including Michael Palin, Paul Theroux, Sara Wheeler, William Dalrymple, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Lloyd Jones, Rory Stewart, Jan Morris, Dervla Murphy, Rory MacLean, and others. 27 korte verhalen van bekende, vooral Britse misdaad- en thrillerschrijvers