Tuesday 17th February 2026, 2:50pm,

Vacancy: Torbay Schools Programme: Freelance Project Officer

To help us achieve the goals of our creative learning programme for Torbay schools in 2026/7, we are seeking a part-time, freelance Schools Programme Project Officer.

Agatha Christie Festival Limited is a registered charity. We programme and deliver an annual festival designed to celebrate the life, legacy and provenance of world best-selling author, Torquay-born, Agatha Christie. We welcome 8,000 residents, national and international visitors to our festival each year.

Building upon the Christie provenance and Integral to our work is a bespoke creative learning programme open to all Torbay schoolchildren, designed to advance literacy and a love of reading. Our schools programme this year is supported through public funding from National Lottery Arts Council England. We also benefit from the patronage of the UK National Commission of UNESCO.

To help us achieve the goals of our creative learning programme for Torbay schools in 2026/7, we are seeking a part-time, freelance Schools Programme Project Officer.

Wednesday 21st January 2026, 4:10pm,

An International Agatha Christie Centre for Torquay

Torbay Council has launched a consultation about what people would like to see in a restored Pavilion.

Torbay Council has launched a consultation about what people would like to see in a restored Pavilion. The historic building was where a young Agatha Miller went on a date with Archie Christie, before he proposed to her.

With this remarkable and tangible connection, we have long been pushing for the building to become the official International Agatha Christie Centre.

Tuesday 25th November 2025, 12:40pm,

Agatha Christie Festival Spring Gathering

Programme announced for our 2026 Spring Gathering

Taking place in Torquay on Saturday 11 April, the event features an exceptional line-up of speakers, including Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee, Tom Mead, Kelly Mullen, Antony Johnston, Mark Aldridge, and Gray Robert Brown from the Swinging Christies podcast.