Projects

Agatha Christie Festival collaborates through the spring and summer months with local community-based charitable organisations to deliver a series of arts participation and performance events with residents and schools across the English Riviera.

Supported using public funding from National Lottery Arts Council England.


Mystery Writing Competition 2025

Mystery Writing Competition 2025

Winners Announced

Agatha Christie Festival is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Young People’s Mystery Story Writing Competition.

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Christie for Kids Day 2025

Christie for Kids Day 2025

In partnership with Libraries Unlimited, Agatha Christie Festival introduced for the first time a Christie for Kids Day at Paignton Library on 13 September 2025, part of the Festival’s commitment to promoting literacy and a love of reading among children and young people in Torbay.

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Agatha Christie Festival 2026 supports the UK National Year of Reading


Under the Patronage of the UK National Commission for UNESCO

Under the Patronage of the UK National Commission for UNESCO

Kindly Supported by:

English Riveria Bid Company

Rosalind Hicks Charitable Trust


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