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Anthony-horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
Matthew-stadlen
Matthew Stadlen

The Twist of a Knife and a Writing Life

Anthony Horowitz Interviewed by Matthew Stadlen

Sunday, 26 March 2023

4:00pm

1 hour

Sheldonian Theatre

£7 - £12.50

One of the UK’s most prolific and successful writers Anthony Horowitz talks about his writing life and about his new book, The Twist of a Knife, a crime thriller that blurs the lines between reality and fiction.

In The Twist of a Knife, the fictional author Anthony Horowitz has called time on ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne, the character at the heart of a series of novels. Horowitz’s new play is about to open and Hawthorne unsurprisingly declines a ticket. The play, and particularly the writing, gets a savage review from critic Harriet Throsby on opening night. The next day she is found stabbed through the heart with an ornamental dagger bearing Anthony’s fingerprints. Arrested and charged with murder, he realises only one man can help him.

The drama in Horowitz’s real life is generally in his books. He is a popular novelist and screenwriter for both adults and children. His many credits include writing two new Sherlock Holmes novels at the request of the Conan Doyle estate and a James Bond novel at the request of the Ian Fleming estate. His writing has featured in some of the most popular television series of recent decades including in Midsomer Murders and Poirot. He is writer and creator of the drama series Foyles War, winner of BAFTA’s Lew Grade Audience Award. He is also well known for his bestselling Alex Rider series for teenagers, which he adapted into a movie, and which has sold 19 million copies worldwide. Here Horowitz talks to former LBC radio host and BBC presenter Matthew Stadlen.

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The Telegraph Festival media partner University of Oxford European Union Supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the UK Cultural Relations Platform Supporter of the festival's Voices of Europe programme Bodleian Libraries Festival cultural partner Oxford Martin School Festival ideas partner Oxford Mathematics Spanish Embassy The Spanish Embassy: supporters of the programme of Spanish literature and culture Cervantes Institute, London The Cervantes Institute, London Blackwell’s Festival on-site and online bookseller Symington Wines of the Douro Valley Compassion in World Farming Pasture to Plate Oxford Business College Where learning meets opportunity: education partners of the festival Old Bank Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Old Parsonage Hotel Five-star hotel partners of The Oxford Collection Oxford Brookes University Oxford International Centre for Publishing Critchleys Accountants to the festival Confucius Institute Voltaire Foundation Felicity Bryan Associates Goldmoney Properties Princeton University Press Prestige publishing partner. Celebrating 25 years in Europe in 2024 Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Jewish Book Week Partner of Oxford Literary Festival Jim Mellon Miles Young Tim and Marion Stevenson Martin and Elise Becket Smith Ian and Carol Sellars David Isaac Mary and Cecil Quillen Supporters of the programme of American literature and culture Yale University Press London New College New College founded 1379 Exeter College Exeter College: college home of the festival. Founded 1314 Worcester College Worcester College founded 1714 Trinity College Trinity College founded 1555 Magdalen College Magdalen College founded 1458 Reuben College Reuben College founded in 2019 Pusey House Brasenose College Brasenose College founded in 1512 New Dutch Writing Human Ecology Project MACROVegan Bear Ram Elk Festival Digital Strategy & Web Design Racalia Olive Oil Olive oil from Sicily Paul Bloomfield Ltd University of Oxford Alumni Office Alumni Office The Sheldonian Theatre Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Oxford University Images Oxford University Images CAV Oxford The Litmus Partnership Schoolreaders Windrush Group The Oxford Times BBC Radio Oxford Local radio partner Conference Oxford Ox in a Box OX magazine