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The Wisdom of Psychopaths with Prof Kevin Dutton

SIGN UP TO OUR E-NEWSLETTER for timely offers and updates. Go SUPPORT US INFORMATION IF YOU'RE An arts or literary professional A writer A teacher or student Into freedom of expression A reader Looking for arts events POPULAR PAGES What's on News FOLLOW US Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr LATEST FROM TWITTER WritersCentreNorwich @WritersCentre 16m Miss out on #BraveNewReads 2015? Catch up with all the gossip over on @storify: https://t.co/Pkl8dNLvwo WritersCentreNorwich @WritersCentre 18m @MedievalG @SarahGPerry We're currently in discussions with the DH volunteers, and are finalising details atm. Hope to finish soon! WritersCentreNorwich @WritersCentre 2h @MedievalG Well now, funny you should say that...The wonderful @SarahGPerry will be our guest speaker at the event! http://t.co/WTeHrALOME MakeThisMyHomepageBookmark this page Noirwich Crime Writing Festival 2015 A Crime Writing Festival in Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature. 17 - 20 September 2015 Norwich's second annual deadly festival of crime writing took place in September 2015 and was an exciting collaboration between the Dead Good Books (Penguin Random House's crime community), the University of East Anglia and Writers' Centre Norwich. Noirwich Crime Writing Festival celebrated the sharpest noir and crime writing over four days of author events, writing masterclasses and a very bloody brunch, in Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature. Highlights included Lee Child, Andy McNab, Anne Cleeves, the Killer Women and Peter Robinson. Missed out? Never fear, you can watch and listen to some of the spine-tingling conversations below... Friday 18th September Creating Light and Dark with James Runcie, S J Bolton and Linwood Barclay Two of England’s most popular crime writers – James Runcie and Sharon Bolton - are joined by bestselling Canadian author Linwood Barclay, to discuss contrasting but interconnected approaches to crime writing. The Wisdom of Psychopaths with Prof Kevin Dutton This event is sponsored by Right Angle Events Renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton combines original scientific research with bold on-the-ground reporting to reveal a shocking truth: beneath the hype and the popular characterisation, psychopaths have something to teach us.

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