New Writing North

In Inspector Minahan Makes a Stand: The Missing Girls of England, Bridget O’Donnell tells the story of how rebel detective Jeremiah Minahan took on the establishment to expose how young girls were being enticed, tricked and sold into prostitution in London in the 1850s. The brutal murder of the Reverend George Parker in the rural village of Oddingley on Midsummer’s Day in 1806 gripped everyone from the Home Secretary in London to newspapermen across the country. In Damn His Blood, Peter Moore gives us a fascinating glimpse into English rural life at the beginning of the 19th century. Event recorded Sunday 28 October 2012 at Durham Book Festival. For more information about the festival, see www.durhambookfestival.com.