Throughout the
weekend some of the biggest names in crime writing including
Ann Cleeves and Peter May
will be appearing alongside other big
names such as
Richard Armitage, Irvine Welsh
and the BBC’s Frank Gardner and
Louise Minchin.
On the opening night
the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year will be awarded in the
ballroom of the Golden Lion Hotel and the winner will be photographed with the
Stirling and District Schools Pipe Band before they lead a procession through
the cobbled streets.
Bloody Scotland has
always been praised for the non-traditional book events and this year we have The
Wickedest Link, as eight crime writers battle not to be the first voted off
our Friday night quiz which may bear a passing resemblance to a popular BBC
quiz show.
On Saturday there
will be Criminal Karaoke at the Coo. McIlvanney finalist, Abir Mukherjee
cites his favourite memory of Bloody Scotland being when he sang And I Love You
So by Perry Como at famous whisky bar, The Curly Coo. It’s the hottest ticket
(literally, it’s a small bar, it gets very steamy) and is where new and
established writers get to let their hair down.
Bloody Scotland prides itself on helping debut authors. From the opening night when the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize will be presented to the Scottish debut crime writer of the year to the final day when Pitch Perfect, in memory of journalist Rae Stewart, will give aspiring writers the chance to pitch their book idea to publishers and agents followed by a practical session on How to Get Published.
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