Free exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Agatha Christie's death, with author talks and interactive mystery-solving events.
Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery opens at Lincoln Central Library on Friday 30 October and runs through to Saturday 19 December. It's a free exhibition put together by the Christie Archive Trust and Agatha Christie Limited, and it marks the 50th anniversary of Christie's death. It's also part of the UK-wide Living Knowledge Network, which takes its lead from the British Library's major exhibition of the same name.
The display looks at the origins of her most famous creations, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, alongside the personal history that shaped them. There's a good deal of the woman behind the books here: her upbringing in English country houses and villages, her work as a pharmacy dispenser during both World Wars, and her time on archaeological digs in the Middle East. From there it traces her impact on the wider crime fiction genre, from her ingenious puzzles and pioneering closed-circle mysteries to her beloved amateur detectives.
There's a programme of crime fiction events running alongside the display. On 14 November, author Sophie Hannah joins the library for an evening. On 20 November, there's an online YA crime fiction panel with Lucy Foley, Sharma Jackson, Faridah Abike-Iyimide and Ravena Guron. And on 28 November, Antony Johnston leads two interactive 'Can You Solve the Murder?' events.
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Entry to the exhibition is free, and it stays open until 19 December, so you've got a good few weeks to fit it in. The whole thing is delivered by the Christie Archive Trust and Agatha Christie Limited, with Lucy Rowland as Lead Curator at the British Library.
