Bloody Scotland – Today’s the day
It’s been an absolute pleasure and honour to have been official blogger for Bloody Scotland in the lead up to the big day. It’s going to be a fantastic event and having a sneak peek into all that is Scottish has been a crime filled feast of bookish goodness.
Authors such as Val McDermid and Ian Rankin have stopped by for chats and TheBooktrail has popped over to Bloody Scotland and took on a few challenges for them, finding out more about the panelists, themes and books they’re going to be chatting about and what the writers are most looking forward to.
Val McDermid (c) Bloody Scotland
Val McDermid is ready and raring to go – she got us in a dark room to tell us why
Ian Rankin walked into a bar and told us a few secrets….Rebus was there too
Bloody Scotland – The McIlvanney Prize – the five shortlisted novels going for the prize
Panel 1 – Location Location Location (Read our Bloody Scotland article here)
“The Book Trail returns as guest blogger this year, with a blog particularly relevant to her expertise – an exploration of our Location, Location, Location event on Saturday 9th September, 10:30am.”
The BookTrails:
Walk in Silence by J.G. Sinclair – set in Albania
Devour by L.A. Larkin – set in Antarctica
Bay of Martyrs by Tony Black – set in Australia
Panel 2 – The Dark Lands (Read our Bloody Scotland article here)
Glasgow, Scotland – Follow The Dead – Lin Anderson
Oslo, Norway – Cursed – Thomas Enger
Siglufjörður, Iceland – Snowblind – Ragnar Jónasson
Panel 3 – Off The Beaten Track – (Read our Bloody Scotland article here)
Dumfries and Galloway – Dundrennan – The Weight of Angels – Catriona McPherson
Fictional “Duncul” In the Scottish Highlands –Errant Blood – CF Peterson
Wvvis and The Scottish Highlands – Amnesia – Michael Ridpath
And that’s just the start. Bloody Scotland brings top crime writers from far and away to Scotland to a city where you are guaranteed a Stirling time…(sorry) and a Bloody good Scotland time too! Visit more here – Bloody Scotland
