Stirling 15-18 September 2022
Ten years on from the
first Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival the run has extended
to four days, the number of events has doubled and the authors are more diverse
than ever.
2022 sees the return of several Bloody Scotland favourites that we haven’t seen
since the pre-pandemic days of 2019. Our dramatic torchlit procession through
Stirling historic old town led by the pipes and drums of the Royal Burgh of
Stirling Pipe Band and Stirling and District Schools Pipe Band encourages locals
who don’t normally attend literary events to get involved. Scotland tackle
England in our crime writers’ football match at the new venue of King’s Park, a
free fun event which is also aimed at breaking down barriers. There will be a
return of the ever-popular Crime at the Coo cabaret featuring an array of crime
writers showing off their musical talents and the much-loved Quiz this year
takes the form of Vaseem Khan and Abir Mukherjee’s ‘Red Hot Night of a Million
Games’ in which they steal the best bits from the game shows of yesteryear and
mash them up into something truly remarkable.
Val McDermid has described Bloody Scotland as a ‘dizzying weekend of pleasure’,
Jake Kerridge talking on BBC Radio 4 praised Bloody Scotland for ‘thinking
outside the box’ creating ‘a sort of fringe’ and William McIlvanney spoke
fondly of it being ‘so friendly, so welcoming’. It is with great delight that
we look forward to putting on that sort of inclusive, imaginative festival
again to celebrate our 10th Anniversary.
In addition to the
headliners we are welcoming to Stirling such as Sir Ian Rankin, Anthony
Horowitz, Lisa Unger, Jeffrey Archer, Ann Cleeves and Frankie Boyle, debuts are
at the heart of what Bloody Scotland is all about. The very first festival
featured a ‘Fresh Blood Panel’ and this year in addition to the ‘Bloody
Scotland Debut Prize Panel’ we have ‘Alex Gray’s New Crimes Panel’ plus debut
authors appearing in various events throughout the programme and twenty new
authors appearing ‘In the Spotlight’ on stage ahead of the established names.
We continue our commitment to bring the festival to the wider world and those
who can’t make it to Stirling can buy digital passes for individual events or
the whole weekend. Val McDermid, David Baldacci, Sara Paretsky, Donna Leon and
Irvine Welsh will all join us live for digital sessions. More information about
which events will be available to watch on-line can be found at
bloodyscotland.com/digital-pass
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