Kirkcudbright Crime Writing

Readers who are interested in true crime will appreciate an event due to take place at the Kirkcudbright Fringe arts festival at the beginning of September 2026.

They can join investigative journalist Richard Brooks for an exploration into the Post Office Horizon IT debacle, arguably the most profound miscarriage of justice in modern UK legal history.

Private Eye investigative journalist Richard has spent more than 15 years chronicling the systematic destruction of thousands of lives and will introduce his new book, Post-Mortem, which draws on the millions of documents exposed in the public inquiry to explain the extent of the cover-up

It is a staggering account of institutional, professional, and personal failure and the event will see Richard in conversation with Joyce McMillan at Kirkcudbright Parish Church on Sunday September 6 at 2:30pm. Ticket are £12 and more information about the festival’s varied programme, and how to buy tickets, can be found at  www.kbtfringe.co.uk

Physical Tickets are also available from 1 July from: 

Rhubarb, St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright. DG6 4AA

Samphire Gallery,149 King Street, Castle Douglas.DG7 1DX

Kirkcudbright Fringe is a new arts and culture festival taking place on 3-6 September 2026 and is now in its fourth year, as ever bringing together live music, film, comedy, visual arts, performance, and talks and discussion across the town. It aims to showcase a range of voices and talents – emerging, new and established – adding to the reputation and feel of Kirkcudbright, its public spaces and places.