BLOODY SCOTAND REVEALS FIVE HEADLINERS AHEAD OF 2024 PROGRAMME LAUNCH NEXT WEEK

In a first for Bloody Scotland the festival reveals five headliners ahead of the programme launch at The Golden Lion in Stirling next week.

Authors released as part of the festival’s inaugural ‘sneaky peek’ include:

Richard Armitage  – Headlining the opening night on Friday 13^th September, one of the UK’s most popular actors will be at The Albert Halls in Stirling to talk about his debut thriller, Geneva. His string of acting credits include The Hobbit, North and South, Into the Storm and Spooks.

Ann Cleeves  – The creator of three outstanding crime series, two much-loved television dramas in Vera and Shetland and 26 novels translated into over 20 languages will be in conversation with one of the co-founders of Bloody Scotland, Lin Anderson. Her event will be on the afternoon of Saturday 14^th.
Peter May  – Launching the much-anticipated fourth book in the Lewis series, one of Scotland’s favourite crime writers will be back on the Stirling stage for the first time since 2014 in conversation with one of the founding directors of the festival, local author, Craig Robertson. He will be at the Albert Halls on Saturday evening.

Louise Minchin  –  The BBC Breakfast TV presenter will be in Stirling at noon on Sunday 15^th September to talk about her debut novel, Isolation Island. The book draws heavily on her TV experience.

Ruth Ware  – The international bestselling crime writer – hot from being the guest programmer at Harrogate - will be in conversation with Louise discussing her new blockbuster, One Perfect Couple, chaired by TV and radio presenter, Bryan Burnett.

Tickets will go on sale at noon on Thursday 13 June.

 See www.bloodyscotland.com for more information.

Bloody Scotland is Scotland’s International Crime Writing Festival, providing a showcase for the best crime writing from Scotland and the world, unique in that it was set up by a group of Scottish crime writers in 2012.
 
The Bloody Scotland 2024 programme – featuring many other HUGE names in the world of crime fiction - will be launched at The Golden Lion in Stirling on Thursday 20 June followed by an event with Val McDermid. Tickets are deliberately being offered at only £6 (£5 for concessions) to encourage locals who wouldn’t normally attend the festival to give it a go. 
 
The 2024 festival will begin at 3pm on Friday 13 September and the final event will conclude at 2.30pm on Sunday 15 September.
The festival takes place in various venues (including The Albert Halls, Trinity Church and the social hub of the festival, The Golden Lion Hotel) in the historic city of Stirling.