Bloody Scotland 2016

SCOTLAN D’SAL INTERNATIOTNIN G CR IME W R I L FESTIVA

STIRLING / 9—11 SEPTEMBER 2016 MARK BILLINGHAM / MC BEATON / NICCI FRENCH / YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR / IAN RANKIN / VAL MCDERMID / CHRIS BROOKMYRE / PETER ROBINSON / MARTINA COLE / STUART NEVILLE / STUART MACBRIDE / AND MORE…

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PARTNERS IN CRIME Bloody Scotland is an independent charity, established in 2012 to present the very best of Scottish and international crime writing.

We rely on a combination of sponsorship, grants, box office and donations to support our activity.

Our Partners in Crime Patron Scheme launched by leading Scottish crime writer Alanna Knight, allows our supporters to donate to the festival and help us continue to support the work of Scottish crime writers.

BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM/PATRON

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS This year, our fifth festival, we are proud to welcome some of crime fiction’s biggest and best-loved names to Bloody Scotland. We kick off in style with an opening bill of Stuart MacBride and Caro Ramsay and the big names just keep on coming from there.

Nicci French, Mark Billingham and Ian Rankin are appearing along with Val McDermid, MC Beaton and Martina Cole. Peter Robinson, Chris Brookmyre, Stuart Neville and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir also feature in a star-studded programme with authors from ten different countries.

We have panels on forensics, soil science and witness identification; a play; a quiz; and the renewal of the Scotland-England crime writers football match.

As a Social Enterprise, with a strong ethical focus, Bookdonors is delighted to be able to support the excellent work of Bloody Scotland.

We wholeheartedly endorse their initiatives to widen public access, and to support emerging and established authors alike.

Bookdonors trades on-line in used books for the benefit of people, charities and the environment with 100% of sales used to fulfil our social missions. Each month we collect over 600,000 used books from Charity Shops across Scotland. Reusing these books means each year we divert over 2,000 tonnes of books from landfill. In turn that allows us to employ 32 people, many of whom might otherwise be excluded from the job market.

We hope you enjoy the free books we are distributing. If, however, you have already read the book, please come to our stand and we will gladly swap it for any title that takes your fancy. Whilst you are there we encourage you to speak to some of our staff that are assisting at the festival this weekend, to hear their individual stories too.

Tom Murdoch-Kenny, Managing Director, Bookdonors CIC

PARTNERS IN CRIME Bloody Scotland is an independent charity, established in 2012 to present the very best of Scottish and international crime writing.

We rely on a combination of sponsorship, grants, box office and donations to support our activity.

Our Partners in Crime Patron Scheme launched by leading Scottish crime writer Alanna Knight, allows our supporters to donate to the festival and help us continue to support the work of Scottish crime writers.

BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM/PATRON

FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS This year, our fifth festival, we are proud to welcome some of crime fiction’s biggest and best-loved names to Bloody Scotland. We kick off in style with an opening bill of Stuart MacBride and Caro Ramsay and the big names just keep on coming from there.

Nicci French, Mark Billingham and Ian Rankin are appearing along with Val McDermid, MC Beaton and Martina Cole. Peter Robinson, Chris Brookmyre, Stuart Neville and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir also feature in a star-studded programme with authors from ten different countries.

We have panels on forensics, soil science and witness identification; a play; a quiz; and the renewal of the Scotland-England crime writers football match.

As a Social Enterprise, with a strong ethical focus, Bookdonors is delighted to be able to support the excellent work of Bloody Scotland.

We wholeheartedly endorse their initiatives to widen public access, and to support emerging and established authors alike.

Bookdonors trades on-line in used books for the benefit of people, charities and the environment with 100% of sales used to fulfil our social missions. Each month we collect over 600,000 used books from Charity Shops across Scotland. Reusing these books means each year we divert over 2,000 tonnes of books from landfill. In turn that allows us to employ 32 people, many of whom might otherwise be excluded from the job market.

We hope you enjoy the free books we are distributing. If, however, you have already read the book, please come to our stand and we will gladly swap it for any title that takes your fancy. Whilst you are there we encourage you to speak to some of our staff that are assisting at the festival this weekend, to hear their individual stories too.

Tom Murdoch-Kenny, Managing Director, Bookdonors CIC

DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST

The International Crime Fiction Convention

Incredibly, this is the fifth year of celebrating the best in crime fiction at Bloody Scotland in historic Stirling.

The first few pages of our own history seem just moments ago and yet here we are in chapter five already. We hope we’ve captured your interest enough that you’re just dying to know what happens next.

BY MARTIN CATHCART FRODEN Winner of the Dundee International Book Prize.

A gripping historical noir set during the amphetamine-fuelled craze for velodrome racing which took London by storm in the late 1920s.

Order now from freightbooks.co.uk RRP £8.99

INTRODUCTION

Where the Pen is Bloodier Than the Sword

SAV E T H E D AT E

18-21 May 2017 Bristol

www.crimefest.com

Bloody Scotland would like to thank the following organisations for their support SPONSORS

We’ve got a fabulous line-up of authors, including some of the very biggest names in the business. We think it’s a varied programme, reflecting the differing strands of the most popular genre in fiction. As ever, events take place in a number of venues including the Golden Lion hotel as our festival hub for the first time this year.

This year’s festival is the first since the passing of the great William McIlvanney, the man who, more than anyone, established the tradition of Scottish detective fiction.

Bloody Scotland 2016 is dedicated in his honour and so too is the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, the winner of which will now be awarded The McIlvanney Prize.

FUNDERS

Making Bloody Scotland happen is a twelve-month operation and wouldn’t be possible without the goodwill and hard work of many people, including committee members, staff and volunteers. Just as importantly, we thank authors, chair people, publishers, funders, sponsors – particularly our new headline sponsors Bookdonors – patrons, readers and the city of Stirling.

In particular, the committee would like to express our thanks and best wishes to our outgoing festival manager Dom Hastings. He’s been at the helm for the first four editions of Bloody Scotland and has done so much to help make it what it is.

PROGRAMME PARTNERS

We can’t wait to welcome you to Stirling in September!

Bloody Scotland Committee

WILLIAM MCILVANNEY 1936—2015

TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS, TICKET INFO AND SPECIAL DEALS SIGN-UP TO OUR MAILING LIST AT: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM BLOODYSCOTLAND @BLOODYSCOTLAND Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST

The International Crime Fiction Convention

Incredibly, this is the fifth year of celebrating the best in crime fiction at Bloody Scotland in historic Stirling.

The first few pages of our own history seem just moments ago and yet here we are in chapter five already. We hope we’ve captured your interest enough that you’re just dying to know what happens next.

BY MARTIN CATHCART FRODEN Winner of the Dundee International Book Prize.

A gripping historical noir set during the amphetamine-fuelled craze for velodrome racing which took London by storm in the late 1920s.

Order now from freightbooks.co.uk RRP £8.99

INTRODUCTION

Where the Pen is Bloodier Than the Sword

SAV E T H E D AT E

18-21 May 2017 Bristol

www.crimefest.com

Bloody Scotland would like to thank the following organisations for their support SPONSORS

We’ve got a fabulous line-up of authors, including some of the very biggest names in the business. We think it’s a varied programme, reflecting the differing strands of the most popular genre in fiction. As ever, events take place in a number of venues including the Golden Lion hotel as our festival hub for the first time this year.

This year’s festival is the first since the passing of the great William McIlvanney, the man who, more than anyone, established the tradition of Scottish detective fiction.

Bloody Scotland 2016 is dedicated in his honour and so too is the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, the winner of which will now be awarded The McIlvanney Prize.

FUNDERS

Making Bloody Scotland happen is a twelve-month operation and wouldn’t be possible without the goodwill and hard work of many people, including committee members, staff and volunteers. Just as importantly, we thank authors, chair people, publishers, funders, sponsors – particularly our new headline sponsors Bookdonors – patrons, readers and the city of Stirling.

In particular, the committee would like to express our thanks and best wishes to our outgoing festival manager Dom Hastings. He’s been at the helm for the first four editions of Bloody Scotland and has done so much to help make it what it is.

PROGRAMME PARTNERS

We can’t wait to welcome you to Stirling in September!

Bloody Scotland Committee

WILLIAM MCILVANNEY 1936—2015

TO BE KEPT UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE LATEST NEWS, TICKET INFO AND SPECIAL DEALS SIGN-UP TO OUR MAILING LIST AT: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM BLOODYSCOTLAND @BLOODYSCOTLAND Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME WRITING MASTERCLASS FRI 9TH | 9.30AM—5.00PM | GOLDEN LION HOTEL Sharpen your pen, hone your writing skills and be inspired by a full day of crime-writing advice and tips with our Crime Writing Masterclass.

INCLUDES: LOUISE WELSH: THE CRAFT OF CRIME WRITING Louise Welsh is the author of seven novels, most recently Death is a Welcome Guest (2015) which was long listed for Theakston’s Old Peculiar Award and shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year.

Louise has received several awards and international fellowships, including an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University and an honorary fellowship on the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (2011). Earlier this year Louise was a University of Otago Scottish Writers Fellow in New Zealand. She is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

LESLEY THOMSON: FINDING THE PLOT This collaborative workshop will explore the importance of plot for your writing, both within the overall structure and the minute-by-minute drama. It will be led by award-winning writer Lesley Thomson, author of six novels including the bestselling The Detective’s Daughter series (The Detective’s Daughter was a long running Kindle #1 and Sainsbury’s Ebook of the Year, 2014). The latest in the series is The House with No Rooms (2016).

LIAM MURRAY BELL: PLACE AS CHARACTER Rebus is synonymous with Edinburgh, Laidlaw with Glasgow, and Perez with Shetland, but which setting or landscape best matches your fictional detective? Led by the University of Stirling’s Liam Murray Bell, author of So It Is (shortlisted for Scottish Book of the Year 2013) and The Busker (2014), this workshop will ask you to think not just about what happens in your narrative but also about where the action takes place.

The day also includes a panel on current crime market trends with publishers and agents, chaired by the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication.

EARLY BIRD BOOKINGS (UNTIL 1 AUGUST 2016) £85/75 (conc.)

THEREAFTER: £95/85 (conc.)

Price includes lunch and refreshments.

Places are limited, book early to avoid disappointment.

STUART MACBRIDE & CARO RAMSAY

MARK BILLINGHAM & CHRIS BROOKMYRE

FRI 9TH | 7.00–8.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

FRI 9TH | 8.30—9.30PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

Join us as we open this year’s festival in style as two of Scotland’s finest crime writing talents and most engaging speakers trade stories of their dark arts. Number one bestseller Stuart MacBride will talk about his latest novel, In the Cold Dark Ground, the tenth in his much-loved Logan McRae series.

Rat Run, the seventh of Caro Ramsay’s brilliant Anderson and Costello novels, explores a possible miscarriage of justice in a horrific 20-year-old murder case.

The bad boys of books are back in town and anything could happen. Expect laughs, expect swearing, expect anecdotes and then more swearing. Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre are not only two of the best crime writers in the business but also superb performers. They brought the house down at Bloody Scotland in 2013 with an outrageous show and we’ve finally allowed them back for an encore. Not to be missed.

Free ticket to opening event with Stuart MacBride & Caro Ramsay 10% discount on all other Bloody Scotland 2016 tickets.

Visit bloodyscotland.com to book your place.

The Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Masterclass is held in partnership with University of Stirling’s Creative Writing team, and the Stirling Centre for International Publishing & Communication.

OVER THE FESTIVAL

VAL MCDERMID ESCAPE ROOM VARIOUS TIMES | THISTLES SHOPPING CENTRE | BOOK ONLINE The Val McDermid Escape Room is a new, fun, challenging live escape game in Stirling’s Thistles Shopping Centre.

Designed for groups of 2–5. We lock you in a mysterious room, and give you exactly 30 minutes to get out by solving a new Val McDermid mystery. In order to beat the live escape game you and your team must solve many puzzles, riddles, brain teasers and identify clues. Using your powers of observation and problem solving you will have to work together to escape.

Demand is expected to be high so pre-booking is recommended.

Visit bloodyscotland.com/escape for more info and to book In partnership with Creative Stirling and escape-live.com

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Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME WRITING MASTERCLASS FRI 9TH | 9.30AM—5.00PM | GOLDEN LION HOTEL Sharpen your pen, hone your writing skills and be inspired by a full day of crime-writing advice and tips with our Crime Writing Masterclass.

INCLUDES: LOUISE WELSH: THE CRAFT OF CRIME WRITING Louise Welsh is the author of seven novels, most recently Death is a Welcome Guest (2015) which was long listed for Theakston’s Old Peculiar Award and shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year.

Louise has received several awards and international fellowships, including an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University and an honorary fellowship on the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program (2011). Earlier this year Louise was a University of Otago Scottish Writers Fellow in New Zealand. She is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow.

LESLEY THOMSON: FINDING THE PLOT This collaborative workshop will explore the importance of plot for your writing, both within the overall structure and the minute-by-minute drama. It will be led by award-winning writer Lesley Thomson, author of six novels including the bestselling The Detective’s Daughter series (The Detective’s Daughter was a long running Kindle #1 and Sainsbury’s Ebook of the Year, 2014). The latest in the series is The House with No Rooms (2016).

LIAM MURRAY BELL: PLACE AS CHARACTER Rebus is synonymous with Edinburgh, Laidlaw with Glasgow, and Perez with Shetland, but which setting or landscape best matches your fictional detective? Led by the University of Stirling’s Liam Murray Bell, author of So It Is (shortlisted for Scottish Book of the Year 2013) and The Busker (2014), this workshop will ask you to think not just about what happens in your narrative but also about where the action takes place.

The day also includes a panel on current crime market trends with publishers and agents, chaired by the Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Communication.

EARLY BIRD BOOKINGS (UNTIL 1 AUGUST 2016) £85/75 (conc.)

THEREAFTER: £95/85 (conc.)

Price includes lunch and refreshments.

Places are limited, book early to avoid disappointment.

STUART MACBRIDE & CARO RAMSAY

MARK BILLINGHAM & CHRIS BROOKMYRE

FRI 9TH | 7.00–8.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

FRI 9TH | 8.30—9.30PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

Join us as we open this year’s festival in style as two of Scotland’s finest crime writing talents and most engaging speakers trade stories of their dark arts. Number one bestseller Stuart MacBride will talk about his latest novel, In the Cold Dark Ground, the tenth in his much-loved Logan McRae series.

Rat Run, the seventh of Caro Ramsay’s brilliant Anderson and Costello novels, explores a possible miscarriage of justice in a horrific 20-year-old murder case.

The bad boys of books are back in town and anything could happen. Expect laughs, expect swearing, expect anecdotes and then more swearing. Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre are not only two of the best crime writers in the business but also superb performers. They brought the house down at Bloody Scotland in 2013 with an outrageous show and we’ve finally allowed them back for an encore. Not to be missed.

Free ticket to opening event with Stuart MacBride & Caro Ramsay 10% discount on all other Bloody Scotland 2016 tickets.

Visit bloodyscotland.com to book your place.

The Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Masterclass is held in partnership with University of Stirling’s Creative Writing team, and the Stirling Centre for International Publishing & Communication.

OVER THE FESTIVAL

VAL MCDERMID ESCAPE ROOM VARIOUS TIMES | THISTLES SHOPPING CENTRE | BOOK ONLINE The Val McDermid Escape Room is a new, fun, challenging live escape game in Stirling’s Thistles Shopping Centre.

Designed for groups of 2–5. We lock you in a mysterious room, and give you exactly 30 minutes to get out by solving a new Val McDermid mystery. In order to beat the live escape game you and your team must solve many puzzles, riddles, brain teasers and identify clues. Using your powers of observation and problem solving you will have to work together to escape.

Demand is expected to be high so pre-booking is recommended.

Visit bloodyscotland.com/escape for more info and to book In partnership with Creative Stirling and escape-live.com

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Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

EVA DOLAN, MARI HANNAH & BEN MCPHERSON SAT 10TH | 10.30–11.30AM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 After You Die is the third novel by rising star Eva Dolan. It again features detectives Zigic and Ferreira of the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit. A television series based on Mari Hannah’s lead character, DCI Kate Daniels, is in development. Her latest novel The Silent Room tells of a thrilling manhunt for a rogue cop. Norway-based Scot Ben McPherson’s debut novel A Line of Blood is a critically-acclaimed psychological thriller about family ties and lies.

THE GOLDEN AGE RENEGADE, JOSEPHINE TEY

TALKING TO THE DEAD SAT 10TH | 10.30—11.30AM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 The science of forensics plays an increasingly key role in crime fiction but how do authors go about getting it right? Festival co-founder Alex Gray’s knowledge will be put under the microscope by two leading forensic pathologists who frequently help crime writers with their work.

Dr James Grieve features as himself in Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series on TV, while Dr Marjorie Turner is the inspiration behind Dr Rosie Fergusson in Alex Gray’s Lorimer novels.

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RACHEL ABBOTT & MELANIE RAABE

SAT 10TH | 12.15—1.15PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

SAT 10TH | 12.15—1.15PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50

Join these two masters of the police procedural as they discuss the secrets of their bestselling works.

Mark Billingham’s latest novel Die of Shame is a break from his hugely successful Tom Thorne series.

When a member of an addiction therapy group is murdered, it becomes clear one of the group was the killer. But how do you find truth in a circle of denial and deception?

Peter Robinson is the creator of the bestselling Alan Banks novels which have been made into the ITV series starring Stephen Tompkinson. The latest, When the Music’s Over, sees Banks investigate a sex abuse claim against a veteran entertainer.

SAT 10TH | 10.30–11.30AM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 Josephine Tey was the brilliant Scots author who defied convention and broke all the rules in the Golden Age of crime writing. Much more than Scotland’s answer to Agatha Christie, she simultaneously had stage plays in London’s West End and on Broadway. But who was the woman who was as mysterious as her novels? Festival favourite Val McDermid leads what is sure to be a fascinating discussion alongside Jennifer Morag Henderson who has written a biography on Tey’s life and work.

MARK BILLINGHAM & PETER ROBINSON

Can you trust the narrator of your favourite crime novel? Of course not.

Rachel Abbott has sales of nearly two million books worldwide. Her latest novel Kill Me Again is a dark tale of an abandoned wife who bears a striking resemblance to a woman found murdered. Melanie Raabe grew up in the former East Germany before moving to West Germany with her family. Her first novel, The Trap, is a gripping psychological thriller about one woman’s plan for revenge against her sister’s killer.

SCOTLAND THE GRAVE SAT 10TH | 12.15—1.15PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 We’re going to take a tartan noir tour of Scotland in the company of four of the country’s finest crime writers. They will each make their pitch as to why their own piece of the map is the perfect place for murder.

Gillian Galbraith enthuses about Edinburgh, Douglas Skelton sticks the heid in for Glasgow, Russel D McLean helps us discover Dundee and Catriona McPherson gets gallus about Galloway.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

EVA DOLAN, MARI HANNAH & BEN MCPHERSON SAT 10TH | 10.30–11.30AM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 After You Die is the third novel by rising star Eva Dolan. It again features detectives Zigic and Ferreira of the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit. A television series based on Mari Hannah’s lead character, DCI Kate Daniels, is in development. Her latest novel The Silent Room tells of a thrilling manhunt for a rogue cop. Norway-based Scot Ben McPherson’s debut novel A Line of Blood is a critically-acclaimed psychological thriller about family ties and lies.

THE GOLDEN AGE RENEGADE, JOSEPHINE TEY

TALKING TO THE DEAD SAT 10TH | 10.30—11.30AM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 The science of forensics plays an increasingly key role in crime fiction but how do authors go about getting it right? Festival co-founder Alex Gray’s knowledge will be put under the microscope by two leading forensic pathologists who frequently help crime writers with their work.

Dr James Grieve features as himself in Ann Cleeves’ Shetland series on TV, while Dr Marjorie Turner is the inspiration behind Dr Rosie Fergusson in Alex Gray’s Lorimer novels.

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RACHEL ABBOTT & MELANIE RAABE

SAT 10TH | 12.15—1.15PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

SAT 10TH | 12.15—1.15PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50

Join these two masters of the police procedural as they discuss the secrets of their bestselling works.

Mark Billingham’s latest novel Die of Shame is a break from his hugely successful Tom Thorne series.

When a member of an addiction therapy group is murdered, it becomes clear one of the group was the killer. But how do you find truth in a circle of denial and deception?

Peter Robinson is the creator of the bestselling Alan Banks novels which have been made into the ITV series starring Stephen Tompkinson. The latest, When the Music’s Over, sees Banks investigate a sex abuse claim against a veteran entertainer.

SAT 10TH | 10.30–11.30AM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 Josephine Tey was the brilliant Scots author who defied convention and broke all the rules in the Golden Age of crime writing. Much more than Scotland’s answer to Agatha Christie, she simultaneously had stage plays in London’s West End and on Broadway. But who was the woman who was as mysterious as her novels? Festival favourite Val McDermid leads what is sure to be a fascinating discussion alongside Jennifer Morag Henderson who has written a biography on Tey’s life and work.

MARK BILLINGHAM & PETER ROBINSON

Can you trust the narrator of your favourite crime novel? Of course not.

Rachel Abbott has sales of nearly two million books worldwide. Her latest novel Kill Me Again is a dark tale of an abandoned wife who bears a striking resemblance to a woman found murdered. Melanie Raabe grew up in the former East Germany before moving to West Germany with her family. Her first novel, The Trap, is a gripping psychological thriller about one woman’s plan for revenge against her sister’s killer.

SCOTLAND THE GRAVE SAT 10TH | 12.15—1.15PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 We’re going to take a tartan noir tour of Scotland in the company of four of the country’s finest crime writers. They will each make their pitch as to why their own piece of the map is the perfect place for murder.

Gillian Galbraith enthuses about Edinburgh, Douglas Skelton sticks the heid in for Glasgow, Russel D McLean helps us discover Dundee and Catriona McPherson gets gallus about Galloway.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

ALEX GRAY PRESENTS: NEW CRIMES SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Alex Gray introduces four of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. BBC presenter Theresa Talbot’s debut Penance has received high praise, Abir Mukherjee’s acclaimed A Rising Man is set in 1919 Calcutta, Brooke Magnanti first won fame under her pseudonym Belle De Jour but will be discussing her crime debut The Turning Tide, while Martin Cathcart Froden won the Dundee International Book Prize with his 1920s-set Devil Take the Hindmost.

BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME WRITERS FOOTBALL MATCH: SCOTLAND V ENGLAND SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | BOWLING GREEN – COWANE’S HOSPITAL | FREE & UNTICKETED Now firmly established as a festival highlight, the crime writers of Scotland and England will take to the football field once again to battle for bragging rights and possession of The Bloody Cup. After Scotland’s stunning 13-1 humiliation of the Auld Enemy in 2014, last year England regained some pride after battling for a 5-5 draw.

Final line-ups will be subject to form, fitness and writing deadlines but are set to include Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre, Craig Robertson and Doug Johnstone for Scotland, while England will feature Mark Billingham, Luca Veste, Tim Weaver and Howard Linskey.

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MC BEATON WITH FRED MACAULAY

VAL MCDERMID

SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

SAT 10TH | 3.45—4.45PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

There will be a welcome Bloody Scotland return for MC Beaton who delighted audiences with tales of her career when she was here in 2014. Marion is the author of an astonishing 141 novels, including two much-loved crime fiction series – those of Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin, both of which feature new books this year. She will talk about her life and work in conversation with popular presenter, comedian and crime fiction fan Fred MacAulay.

Scotland’s Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has sold over 11 million books worldwide and her novels have been translated into 30 languages.

With a succession of number one bestsellers, she is undoubtedly at the top of her game.

Always a joy to listen to, Val will take centre stage to talk about her new novel, Out of Bounds.

When a teenage joyrider crashes a car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test throws up a connection to a 22-year-old unsolved murder.

SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH SPIES LIKE US SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Charles Cumming, the winner of the inaugural Scottish Crime Book of the Year, was himself approached to be a spy for MI6. His latest novel A Divided Spy is the fourth featuring MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Alan Judd is a former soldier and diplomat turned security analyst and bestselling author. His new book Deep Blue is released in September. They are joined by Aly Monroe, whose latest novel Black Bear features intelligence agent Peter Cotton. This is an event sure to leave you both shaken and stirred.

SAT 10TH | 3.45—4.45PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Mary Paulson Ellis’ debut novel The Other Mrs Walker is a beguiling and original tale of piecing together the life of an old woman who is found dead in an Edinburgh flat. Amanda Jennings’ acclaimed In Her Wake tells of Bella whose life is ripped apart when she has to search for the family she never knew. Tim Weaver has quickly established himself as one of crime fiction’s rising stars. His latest, Broken Heart, is the seventh featuring missing persons investigator David Raker.

Sponsored by University of Stirling

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

ALEX GRAY PRESENTS: NEW CRIMES SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Alex Gray introduces four of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction. BBC presenter Theresa Talbot’s debut Penance has received high praise, Abir Mukherjee’s acclaimed A Rising Man is set in 1919 Calcutta, Brooke Magnanti first won fame under her pseudonym Belle De Jour but will be discussing her crime debut The Turning Tide, while Martin Cathcart Froden won the Dundee International Book Prize with his 1920s-set Devil Take the Hindmost.

BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME WRITERS FOOTBALL MATCH: SCOTLAND V ENGLAND SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | BOWLING GREEN – COWANE’S HOSPITAL | FREE & UNTICKETED Now firmly established as a festival highlight, the crime writers of Scotland and England will take to the football field once again to battle for bragging rights and possession of The Bloody Cup. After Scotland’s stunning 13-1 humiliation of the Auld Enemy in 2014, last year England regained some pride after battling for a 5-5 draw.

Final line-ups will be subject to form, fitness and writing deadlines but are set to include Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre, Craig Robertson and Doug Johnstone for Scotland, while England will feature Mark Billingham, Luca Veste, Tim Weaver and Howard Linskey.

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MC BEATON WITH FRED MACAULAY

VAL MCDERMID

SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

SAT 10TH | 3.45—4.45PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

There will be a welcome Bloody Scotland return for MC Beaton who delighted audiences with tales of her career when she was here in 2014. Marion is the author of an astonishing 141 novels, including two much-loved crime fiction series – those of Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin, both of which feature new books this year. She will talk about her life and work in conversation with popular presenter, comedian and crime fiction fan Fred MacAulay.

Scotland’s Queen of Crime, Val McDermid has sold over 11 million books worldwide and her novels have been translated into 30 languages.

With a succession of number one bestsellers, she is undoubtedly at the top of her game.

Always a joy to listen to, Val will take centre stage to talk about her new novel, Out of Bounds.

When a teenage joyrider crashes a car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test throws up a connection to a 22-year-old unsolved murder.

SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH SPIES LIKE US SAT 10TH | 2.00—3.00PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Charles Cumming, the winner of the inaugural Scottish Crime Book of the Year, was himself approached to be a spy for MI6. His latest novel A Divided Spy is the fourth featuring MI6 officer Thomas Kell. Alan Judd is a former soldier and diplomat turned security analyst and bestselling author. His new book Deep Blue is released in September. They are joined by Aly Monroe, whose latest novel Black Bear features intelligence agent Peter Cotton. This is an event sure to leave you both shaken and stirred.

SAT 10TH | 3.45—4.45PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Mary Paulson Ellis’ debut novel The Other Mrs Walker is a beguiling and original tale of piecing together the life of an old woman who is found dead in an Edinburgh flat. Amanda Jennings’ acclaimed In Her Wake tells of Bella whose life is ripped apart when she has to search for the family she never knew. Tim Weaver has quickly established himself as one of crime fiction’s rising stars. His latest, Broken Heart, is the seventh featuring missing persons investigator David Raker.

Sponsored by University of Stirling

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

SEX AND THE INTERNET: HELEN FITZGERALD, BROOKE MAGNANTI & KATHY CHARLES

THE LATEST BOOKS FROM OUR

SAT 10TH | 3.45—4.45PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Helen Fitzgerald’s brilliant Viral had probably the best and certainly the naughtiest opening line of any crime novel this year. She will discuss the pleasures and the pitfalls of sex in the internet age with Brooke Magnanti who courted controversy herself as Belle De Jour, author of The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl. In the chair will be psychologist Kathy Charles from Napier University.

AUTHORS

ERWIN JAMES & MARTINA COLE SAT 10TH | 5.30—6.30PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50

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Unmissable authors. Unbeatable writing.

Erwin James was born in Somerset to Scottish parents, shipped from home to home and abandoned to a life of petty crime then violence until he was jailed for life in 1984. A prison psychologist encouraged him to read and educate himself, leading to a BA in History and becoming a regular columnist for the Guardian. His memoir Redeemable is the story of a remarkable journey from darkness into light.

Erwin will be interviewed by his friend, the multi-million selling author Martina Cole.

Sponsored by Open University Scotland

CHRIS BROOKMYRE & STUART NEVILLE SAT 10TH | 5.30—6.30PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 This is sure to be an unmissable event featuring two of the best and darkest minds in the crime writing business. Northern Ireland’s Stuart Neville made an immediate breakthrough with his blistering debut The Twelve in 2009 and has not let up since.

His eagerly-awaited new novel So Say the Fallen is his seventh to date. The brilliant Chris Brookmyre resurrects his best-known protagonist, Jack Parlabane, in his latest book Black Widow.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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WIN

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

SEX AND THE INTERNET: HELEN FITZGERALD, BROOKE MAGNANTI & KATHY CHARLES

THE LATEST BOOKS FROM OUR

SAT 10TH | 3.45—4.45PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Helen Fitzgerald’s brilliant Viral had probably the best and certainly the naughtiest opening line of any crime novel this year. She will discuss the pleasures and the pitfalls of sex in the internet age with Brooke Magnanti who courted controversy herself as Belle De Jour, author of The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl. In the chair will be psychologist Kathy Charles from Napier University.

AUTHORS

ERWIN JAMES & MARTINA COLE SAT 10TH | 5.30—6.30PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50

w w w.thecrimevault.com/ exclusives/scotland16

Unmissable authors. Unbeatable writing.

Erwin James was born in Somerset to Scottish parents, shipped from home to home and abandoned to a life of petty crime then violence until he was jailed for life in 1984. A prison psychologist encouraged him to read and educate himself, leading to a BA in History and becoming a regular columnist for the Guardian. His memoir Redeemable is the story of a remarkable journey from darkness into light.

Erwin will be interviewed by his friend, the multi-million selling author Martina Cole.

Sponsored by Open University Scotland

CHRIS BROOKMYRE & STUART NEVILLE SAT 10TH | 5.30—6.30PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 This is sure to be an unmissable event featuring two of the best and darkest minds in the crime writing business. Northern Ireland’s Stuart Neville made an immediate breakthrough with his blistering debut The Twelve in 2009 and has not let up since.

His eagerly-awaited new novel So Say the Fallen is his seventh to date. The brilliant Chris Brookmyre resurrects his best-known protagonist, Jack Parlabane, in his latest book Black Widow.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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WHAT’S ON

WHAT’ S ON

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

MARK BILLINGHAM & MY DARLING CLEMENTINE IN THE OTHER HALF SAT 10TH | 8.15—10.15PM | TOLBOOTH | £12 In a rundown Memphis bar, Marcia – a washed-up Vegas showgirl – works double shifts and reflects on her single doomed shot at happiness, while her customers tell the stories of their own troubled lives.

Tales of lust, loss…and murder.

A PLAY: INSPECTOR FARO INVESTIGATES

A unique collaboration between the leading lights of crime fiction and country music, an original story by bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham is sound tracked by the powerful and poignant songs of internationally acclaimed Americana duo My Darling Clementine.

SAT 10TH | 5.30—6.30PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 From the prolific pen of Alanna Knight, the doyenne of Scottish crime writers, comes this new drama production featuring her protagonist Inspector Faro.

Set in Victorian Edinburgh, it will weave murder and mystery before your eyes and will be performed by some of the most recognisable faces from the world of crime writing.

NICCI FRENCH SAT 10TH | 7.00—8.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 Bestselling husband and wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French have sold a staggering 8 million novels worldwide under their Nicci French pseudonym. Their sophisticated and gripping books have captured an ever-growing army of fans.

CRIME QUIZ SAT 10TH | 7.00—8.00PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Two teams of authors will engage in a battle of wits – or at least half-wits – with pride and personal embarrassment at stake. Can they hum the theme tune to Starsky and Hutch, can they recognise the mystery guest, how well do they even know their own books?

Expect laughs, embarrassment, revelations and silliness as Never Mind the Buzz Cops meets A Question of Court.

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Their latest offering, Saturday Requiem, is the sixth in the hugely successful Frieda Klein series.

When psychotherapist Klein agrees to assess a convicted murderer, she is horrified by what she finds and the results haunt her.

In conversation with author Alexandra Sokoloff, the couple will reveal the secrets to their success and how they go about writing together.

CRIME AT THE COO SAT 10TH | 8.30PM TILL LATE | £10 Bloody Scotland will again take over the Curly Coo pub on Barnton Street for the night and like last year, it is sure to be cramped, chaotic and criminally captivating.

With author Craig Robertson as your host, there will be music, poetry and short stories from leading writers, including the return of the sensational Slice Girls.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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WHAT’S ON

WHAT’ S ON

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

MARK BILLINGHAM & MY DARLING CLEMENTINE IN THE OTHER HALF SAT 10TH | 8.15—10.15PM | TOLBOOTH | £12 In a rundown Memphis bar, Marcia – a washed-up Vegas showgirl – works double shifts and reflects on her single doomed shot at happiness, while her customers tell the stories of their own troubled lives.

Tales of lust, loss…and murder.

A PLAY: INSPECTOR FARO INVESTIGATES

A unique collaboration between the leading lights of crime fiction and country music, an original story by bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham is sound tracked by the powerful and poignant songs of internationally acclaimed Americana duo My Darling Clementine.

SAT 10TH | 5.30—6.30PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 From the prolific pen of Alanna Knight, the doyenne of Scottish crime writers, comes this new drama production featuring her protagonist Inspector Faro.

Set in Victorian Edinburgh, it will weave murder and mystery before your eyes and will be performed by some of the most recognisable faces from the world of crime writing.

NICCI FRENCH SAT 10TH | 7.00—8.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 Bestselling husband and wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French have sold a staggering 8 million novels worldwide under their Nicci French pseudonym. Their sophisticated and gripping books have captured an ever-growing army of fans.

CRIME QUIZ SAT 10TH | 7.00—8.00PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Two teams of authors will engage in a battle of wits – or at least half-wits – with pride and personal embarrassment at stake. Can they hum the theme tune to Starsky and Hutch, can they recognise the mystery guest, how well do they even know their own books?

Expect laughs, embarrassment, revelations and silliness as Never Mind the Buzz Cops meets A Question of Court.

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Their latest offering, Saturday Requiem, is the sixth in the hugely successful Frieda Klein series.

When psychotherapist Klein agrees to assess a convicted murderer, she is horrified by what she finds and the results haunt her.

In conversation with author Alexandra Sokoloff, the couple will reveal the secrets to their success and how they go about writing together.

CRIME AT THE COO SAT 10TH | 8.30PM TILL LATE | £10 Bloody Scotland will again take over the Curly Coo pub on Barnton Street for the night and like last year, it is sure to be cramped, chaotic and criminally captivating.

With author Craig Robertson as your host, there will be music, poetry and short stories from leading writers, including the return of the sensational Slice Girls.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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WHAT’S ON

WHAT’ S ON

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

VICTORIAN GOTHIC: OSCAR DE MURIEL & ES THOMSON SUN 11TH | 11.45AM—12.45PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50

PITCH PERFECT SUN 11TH | 10.00—11.00AM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50

DIGGING UP THE BODIES: LIN ANDERSON & LORNA DAWSON SUN 11TH | 10.00—11.00AM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 Lin Anderson’s new Rhona MacLeod novel None but the Dead, set on Sanday, features soil evidence in tracking a killer. For forensic soil scientist Professor Lorna Dawson, that’s in her job description. In fact, she was involved in similar work on a previous real life Sanday murder. Combining forensic fact and forensic fiction, this event will make you look at soil in a completely different way.

Are you the next big thing in crime writing?

In this popular event, a line-up of aspiring novelists pitch their synopses to a panel of industry experts.

Over the years many participants have gone on to secure publishing deals.

Meet two authors who have perfectly captured the grim atmosphere of Victorian Britain. In Oscar De Muriel’s A Fever of the Blood, a patient flees an Edinburgh lunatic asylum as a nurse lies dying, sparking a manhunt amid tales of horror and black magic. ES Thomson’s debut novel Beloved Poison is set in a crumbling London infirmary where the discovery of six tiny coffins unleashes evil among the squalor.

This year the panel is chaired by Literary Agent Jenny Brown and includes Katherine Armstrong, Senior Editor at Zaffre crime; Sam Eades, Commissioning Editor at Orion imprint Trapeze; Krystyna Green, Publishing Director at Constable Crime; and Adrian Searle, Publisher at Freight Books.

SUN 11TH | 10.00—11.00AM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Does your crime fiction come dressed in a kilt and laced with porridge or is it just a story that could have been set anywhere? How much does the Scottish setting influence the feel and direction of a crime novel?

Matt Bendoris, Neil Broadfoot, Bill Daly and Aline Templeton will discuss how their particular piece of Scotland’s black heartlands affects their work.

BloodyScotland

Meet three bestselling authors whose work focuses firmly on the dark side of human nature.

For Those Who Know the Ending is Malcolm Mackay’s latest trip into the brutality of gangland Glasgow. James Oswald’s Inspector McLean confronts shadows from his past in The Damage Done. Craig Robertson’s new novel Murderabilia delves into the murky world of serial killer collectibles in the company of DCI Rachel Narey and photographer Tony Winter.

Sponsored by Open University Scotland

HOW TARTAN IS YOUR NOIR?

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SUN 11TH | 11.45AM—12.45PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

If you would like to pitch your novel idea to the panel visit bloodyscotland.com/pitch2016 to find out more and take part.

THE DYING OF THE LIGHT: ALEX GRAY

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INTO THE DARK: MALCOLM MACKAY, JAMES OSWALD & CRAIG ROBERTSON

WRITING IN EXILE: CRAIG RUSSELL, MICHAEL RIDPATH & GRAEME MACRAE BURNET

SUN 11TH | 11.45AM—12.45PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Award-winning author Alex Gray leads a discussion on the complex issue of end-of-life-planning which features in her new book The Darkest Goodbye.

An elderly woman is found dead at home and when it’s discovered she had an early-hours visitor posing as a carer, a seemingly natural death becomes much more sinister.

Alex will be joined by Dr Al Dowie, senior teacher in medical ethics at Glasgow University, and Dr Margaret McCartney, an author and frequent Radio 4 contributor.

SUN 11TH | 1.30—2.30PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Meet three authors who have chosen to set their books in foreign lands and hear them explain the lure of those exotic climes.

Craig Russell, last year’s winner of the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, sets his Jan Fabel thrillers in Hamburg. Michael Ridpath’s successful Fire and Ice series take place in the chill of Iceland, while Graeme Macrae Burnet’s The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau is set in a small French town.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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WHAT’S ON

WHAT’ S ON

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

VICTORIAN GOTHIC: OSCAR DE MURIEL & ES THOMSON SUN 11TH | 11.45AM—12.45PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50

PITCH PERFECT SUN 11TH | 10.00—11.00AM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50

DIGGING UP THE BODIES: LIN ANDERSON & LORNA DAWSON SUN 11TH | 10.00—11.00AM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 Lin Anderson’s new Rhona MacLeod novel None but the Dead, set on Sanday, features soil evidence in tracking a killer. For forensic soil scientist Professor Lorna Dawson, that’s in her job description. In fact, she was involved in similar work on a previous real life Sanday murder. Combining forensic fact and forensic fiction, this event will make you look at soil in a completely different way.

Are you the next big thing in crime writing?

In this popular event, a line-up of aspiring novelists pitch their synopses to a panel of industry experts.

Over the years many participants have gone on to secure publishing deals.

Meet two authors who have perfectly captured the grim atmosphere of Victorian Britain. In Oscar De Muriel’s A Fever of the Blood, a patient flees an Edinburgh lunatic asylum as a nurse lies dying, sparking a manhunt amid tales of horror and black magic. ES Thomson’s debut novel Beloved Poison is set in a crumbling London infirmary where the discovery of six tiny coffins unleashes evil among the squalor.

This year the panel is chaired by Literary Agent Jenny Brown and includes Katherine Armstrong, Senior Editor at Zaffre crime; Sam Eades, Commissioning Editor at Orion imprint Trapeze; Krystyna Green, Publishing Director at Constable Crime; and Adrian Searle, Publisher at Freight Books.

SUN 11TH | 10.00—11.00AM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Does your crime fiction come dressed in a kilt and laced with porridge or is it just a story that could have been set anywhere? How much does the Scottish setting influence the feel and direction of a crime novel?

Matt Bendoris, Neil Broadfoot, Bill Daly and Aline Templeton will discuss how their particular piece of Scotland’s black heartlands affects their work.

BloodyScotland

Meet three bestselling authors whose work focuses firmly on the dark side of human nature.

For Those Who Know the Ending is Malcolm Mackay’s latest trip into the brutality of gangland Glasgow. James Oswald’s Inspector McLean confronts shadows from his past in The Damage Done. Craig Robertson’s new novel Murderabilia delves into the murky world of serial killer collectibles in the company of DCI Rachel Narey and photographer Tony Winter.

Sponsored by Open University Scotland

HOW TARTAN IS YOUR NOIR?

@BloodyScotland //

SUN 11TH | 11.45AM—12.45PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

If you would like to pitch your novel idea to the panel visit bloodyscotland.com/pitch2016 to find out more and take part.

THE DYING OF THE LIGHT: ALEX GRAY

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INTO THE DARK: MALCOLM MACKAY, JAMES OSWALD & CRAIG ROBERTSON

WRITING IN EXILE: CRAIG RUSSELL, MICHAEL RIDPATH & GRAEME MACRAE BURNET

SUN 11TH | 11.45AM—12.45PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Award-winning author Alex Gray leads a discussion on the complex issue of end-of-life-planning which features in her new book The Darkest Goodbye.

An elderly woman is found dead at home and when it’s discovered she had an early-hours visitor posing as a carer, a seemingly natural death becomes much more sinister.

Alex will be joined by Dr Al Dowie, senior teacher in medical ethics at Glasgow University, and Dr Margaret McCartney, an author and frequent Radio 4 contributor.

SUN 11TH | 1.30—2.30PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50 Meet three authors who have chosen to set their books in foreign lands and hear them explain the lure of those exotic climes.

Craig Russell, last year’s winner of the Scottish Crime Book of the Year, sets his Jan Fabel thrillers in Hamburg. Michael Ridpath’s successful Fire and Ice series take place in the chill of Iceland, while Graeme Macrae Burnet’s The Disappearance of Adele Bedeau is set in a small French town.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

(NOT) BORN IN THE USA SUN 11TH | 1.30—2.30PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50

Visit Stirling, Scotland’s heart

Despite being two Scots and a Northern Irishman, Gordon Brown, Steve Cavanagh and Mason Cross chose to set their crime novels in the good old US of A. Their pacy, high-octane thrillers are straight off the Hollywood playbook but have they really earned their stars and stripes? California-based Scot Catriona McPherson will find out if they can tell their APB from their BOLO.

There’s something for everyone!

WRITING ORKNEY: LIN ANDERSON, DOUG JOHNSTONE & LOUISE WELSH

NORTHERN LIGHTS SUN 11TH | 3.15—4.15PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

SUN 11TH | 1.30—2.30PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

Visit: www.destinationstirling.com

The stunning Orkney islands and their bleak, almost mythic landscape have proven an irresistible canvas for three of Scotland’s top crime writers to express their dark imaginations. Lin Anderson’s None but the Dead, Doug Johnstone’s Crash Land and the third of Louise Welsh’s Plague Times Trilogy are all set on these windswept islands. These three non-Orcadians will be guided by a real one, Orkney librarian and Twitter sensation Stewart Bain.

The crime wave of brilliant authors from the Nordic nations has become a tsunami and we have three of its freshest and most exciting exponents for you.

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is the Queen of Icelandic crime and her chilling novels are rightly gaining a worldwide audience. Agnes Ravatn is the new face of Norwegian crime writing and will be published in English for the first time this September with The Bird Tribunal. Erik Axl Sund – the pseudonym of Swedish punk rock musicians Jerker Eriksson and Hakan Axlander Sundquist – created the hit Victoria Bergman trilogy published as The Crow Girl in the UK.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

WHAT’S ON

(NOT) BORN IN THE USA SUN 11TH | 1.30—2.30PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50

Visit Stirling, Scotland’s heart

Despite being two Scots and a Northern Irishman, Gordon Brown, Steve Cavanagh and Mason Cross chose to set their crime novels in the good old US of A. Their pacy, high-octane thrillers are straight off the Hollywood playbook but have they really earned their stars and stripes? California-based Scot Catriona McPherson will find out if they can tell their APB from their BOLO.

There’s something for everyone!

WRITING ORKNEY: LIN ANDERSON, DOUG JOHNSTONE & LOUISE WELSH

NORTHERN LIGHTS SUN 11TH | 3.15—4.15PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

SUN 11TH | 1.30—2.30PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50

Visit: www.destinationstirling.com

The stunning Orkney islands and their bleak, almost mythic landscape have proven an irresistible canvas for three of Scotland’s top crime writers to express their dark imaginations. Lin Anderson’s None but the Dead, Doug Johnstone’s Crash Land and the third of Louise Welsh’s Plague Times Trilogy are all set on these windswept islands. These three non-Orcadians will be guided by a real one, Orkney librarian and Twitter sensation Stewart Bain.

The crime wave of brilliant authors from the Nordic nations has become a tsunami and we have three of its freshest and most exciting exponents for you.

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir is the Queen of Icelandic crime and her chilling novels are rightly gaining a worldwide audience. Agnes Ravatn is the new face of Norwegian crime writing and will be published in English for the first time this September with The Bird Tribunal. Erik Axl Sund – the pseudonym of Swedish punk rock musicians Jerker Eriksson and Hakan Axlander Sundquist – created the hit Victoria Bergman trilogy published as The Crow Girl in the UK.

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

WITNESS THE DEAD: PROFESSOR GRAHAM PIKE & CRAIG ROBERTSON

Distinctive, original voices in crime fiction: psychological thrillers, Tartan Noir, mysteries and more, independently published by Saraband.

SUN 11TH | 3.15—4.15PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50

WISHING ALL OUR READERS A CHILLING, THRILLING BLOODY SCOTLAND 2016 From the author of

FALLING FAST

Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland

Crime Book of the Year Award 2014

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‘Cracking pace… a great read’ James Oswald

H Shortlisted for Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year in 2014 & 2015

How good a witness would you make? You will find out in this fascinating insight into the science behind witness identification. You will get a front row seat to a bank robbery but will you be able to spot the guilty party or will you risk sending an innocent man to jail?

Helping you make this vital decision will be forensic psychologist Professor Graham Pike, an expert in eyewitness identification; author Craig Robertson and some unsuspecting crime writers.

GET A FREE PAIR

IAN RANKIN & QUINTIN JARDINE

DEVIL TAKE THE of HINDMOST Loire ladderstitch cotton pillowcases

The International Crime Fiction Convention

BY MARTIN fromFRODEN Laura Thomas Linens worth £35 CATHCART when you subscribe to Scottish Field* Winner of the Dundee International Book Prize.

A gripping historical noir set during the amphetamine-fuelled craze for velodrome racing which took London by storm in the late 1920s.

*Minimum of one year. Direct Debit only.

Where the Pen is Bloodier Than the Sword

A SUBSTANTIAL SAVING ON A YEARLY COVER PRICE OF £51.00

RING 01371 851868

ONLY

May 2017 £9.918-21 9Bristol SAV E T H E D AT E

PER QUARTER

Order now fromand worldwide subscriptions: For more information freightbooks.co.uk www.crimefest.com www.wyvexmedia.co.uk/subscribe RRP £8.99

WHAT’S ON

SUN 11TH | 5.00—6.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 John Rebus and Bob Skinner are two of the most enduring and best loved characters in crime fiction – and so are their creators. Join Ian and Quintin as they discuss how they keep their charismatic cops as fresh as the day they graduated from police training college.

NEIL MACKAY & ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFF SUN 11TH | 3.15—4.15PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Meet two authors whose crime novels cross into the horror genre in the search for an understanding of evil. Alexandra Sokoloff was described by the New York Times as “a daughter of Mary Shelly”.

Her Huntress novels, currently in development as a major American TV series, feature more than a hint of the supernatural. Award-winning journalist and film-maker Neil Mackay’s macabre The Wolf Trial depicts the first documented account of a serial killer – who was tried as a werewolf.

Between them, Edinburgh’s finest have featured in 46 novels and sold many millions of copies worldwide. They ease out of retirement in their latest adventures, Rebus hunting a killer in Even the Dogs in the Wild while Skinner makes a horrifying find in the back of a stolen car in Private Investigations.

This is sure to be a fascinating and fitting conclusion to the festival.

Sponsored by University of Stirling Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

WITNESS THE DEAD: PROFESSOR GRAHAM PIKE & CRAIG ROBERTSON

Distinctive, original voices in crime fiction: psychological thrillers, Tartan Noir, mysteries and more, independently published by Saraband.

SUN 11TH | 3.15—4.15PM | GOLDEN LION BALLROOM | £7.50/6.50

WISHING ALL OUR READERS A CHILLING, THRILLING BLOODY SCOTLAND 2016 From the author of

FALLING FAST

Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland

Crime Book of the Year Award 2014

H

H

‘Cracking pace… a great read’ James Oswald

H Shortlisted for Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year in 2014 & 2015

How good a witness would you make? You will find out in this fascinating insight into the science behind witness identification. You will get a front row seat to a bank robbery but will you be able to spot the guilty party or will you risk sending an innocent man to jail?

Helping you make this vital decision will be forensic psychologist Professor Graham Pike, an expert in eyewitness identification; author Craig Robertson and some unsuspecting crime writers.

GET A FREE PAIR

IAN RANKIN & QUINTIN JARDINE

DEVIL TAKE THE of HINDMOST Loire ladderstitch cotton pillowcases

The International Crime Fiction Convention

BY MARTIN fromFRODEN Laura Thomas Linens worth £35 CATHCART when you subscribe to Scottish Field* Winner of the Dundee International Book Prize.

A gripping historical noir set during the amphetamine-fuelled craze for velodrome racing which took London by storm in the late 1920s.

*Minimum of one year. Direct Debit only.

Where the Pen is Bloodier Than the Sword

A SUBSTANTIAL SAVING ON A YEARLY COVER PRICE OF £51.00

RING 01371 851868

ONLY

May 2017 £9.918-21 9Bristol SAV E T H E D AT E

PER QUARTER

Order now fromand worldwide subscriptions: For more information freightbooks.co.uk www.crimefest.com www.wyvexmedia.co.uk/subscribe RRP £8.99

WHAT’S ON

SUN 11TH | 5.00—6.00PM | ALBERT HALLS | £9.50/8.50 John Rebus and Bob Skinner are two of the most enduring and best loved characters in crime fiction – and so are their creators. Join Ian and Quintin as they discuss how they keep their charismatic cops as fresh as the day they graduated from police training college.

NEIL MACKAY & ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFF SUN 11TH | 3.15—4.15PM | GOLDEN LION WALLACE | £7.50/6.50 Meet two authors whose crime novels cross into the horror genre in the search for an understanding of evil. Alexandra Sokoloff was described by the New York Times as “a daughter of Mary Shelly”.

Her Huntress novels, currently in development as a major American TV series, feature more than a hint of the supernatural. Award-winning journalist and film-maker Neil Mackay’s macabre The Wolf Trial depicts the first documented account of a serial killer – who was tried as a werewolf.

Between them, Edinburgh’s finest have featured in 46 novels and sold many millions of copies worldwide. They ease out of retirement in their latest adventures, Rebus hunting a killer in Even the Dogs in the Wild while Skinner makes a horrifying find in the back of a stolen car in Private Investigations.

This is sure to be a fascinating and fitting conclusion to the festival.

Sponsored by University of Stirling Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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BUY TICKETS IN PERSON Purchase tickets from The Albert Halls Box Office in Stirling, Mon–Fri (9am–5pm) or Tolbooth Theatre Box Office in Stirling, Tue–Sat (10am–6pm).

Albert Halls, Albert Pl, Dumbarton Rd, FK8 2QL // Cowane’s Hospital, 49 John St, FK8 1ED // Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, FK8 1DE // The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King St, FK8 1DQ // The Thistles, Goosecroft Rd, FK8 2EA Stirling is a vibrant Scottish city just one hour from both Glasgow and Edinburgh. With so much to see and do in Stirling it’s hard to know where to start so we recommend visiting destinationstirling.com to plan your trip and itinerary.

Glasgow Airport – a quarter hourly bus service taking around 25 mins leaves from outside the terminal and stops at Buchanan Street Bus Station for direct services to Stirling. Queen Street Railway Station is a five minute walk.

BY RAIL

BY ROAD

Stirling is about 35 minutes from Glasgow (Queen Street Station) and 50 minutes Edinburgh (Haymarket and Waverley stations) with three direct services an hour from Glasgow and two from Edinburgh. There are also direct services to London, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness.

Stirling is linked to Scotland’s motorway and trunk road network including the M9/A9 to Edinburgh, Perth and Inverness and the M80 to Glasgow.

For timetables go to travelinescotland.com or call Traveline on 0870 608 2608.

BY AIR Most travellers arrive at Edinburgh or Glasgow airports which all have branches of leading car hire operators and taxi services.

Edinburgh Airport – a 24 hour bus service, every 10 mins at peak times and 30 mins at night, leaves outside the terminal and stops at Haymarket Terrace for direct rail and bus services to Stirling. Journey time – 20 mins.

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The Thistles shopping centre has a large car park which is open until 10pm. If you are arriving by car, then leave the M9 from Junctions 9 or 10 and follow the signs for the Stirling city centre.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION We are committed to making Bloody Scotland accessible to all – full venue accessibility information is available on our website or call 0141 258 1150 to discuss any access needs.

BSL interpretation is available at events on request.

Email: info@bloodyscotland.com to request this free service.

In addition, full box office facilities will be available on site at the Golden Lion Hotel and The Albert Halls throughout the festival weekend.

Please allow time to pick up your tickets before the vent beings. The box office can post your tickets for 50p or they can be picked up for free from the box office.

We do not charge any booking or transaction fees.

CONCESSIONS

STIRLING DISCOUNT

All tickets are available at a concessionary rate (£1 off) if you are a student, unemployed, registered disabled, over 60 or under 16.

A 10% discount is available to people residing in the Stirling Council area. This is available across all sales channels and you must give your address at the time of booking.

Bloody Scotland regrets that once purchased, tickets cannot be transferred, exchanged or refunded.

SEATING Seating at all events is unreserved.

Please advise the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space or have any specific needs and we will do our best to accommodate them.

Visit bloodyscotland.com/localdiscount for details.

FREE STANDBY TICKETS We don’t want the price to be prohibitive to you coming to Bloody Scotland and while we can’t help with travel or accommodation costs, we can offer you a free standby ticket on the day of the event if there is good availability*. These tickets are available to the unemployed or those on a low income, on the day of the event and limited to one per person.

Visit bloodyscotland.com/standby for details. *Good availability is defined as over 10 tickets available for sale.

The Caledonian Crime Writing Festival, Scottish Company No SC404578, Registered office: Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8HE. The Caledonian Crime Writing Festival is a Scottish Registered Charity, known as Bloody Scotland; Charity No SC042615

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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BUY TICKETS IN PERSON Purchase tickets from The Albert Halls Box Office in Stirling, Mon–Fri (9am–5pm) or Tolbooth Theatre Box Office in Stirling, Tue–Sat (10am–6pm).

Albert Halls, Albert Pl, Dumbarton Rd, FK8 2QL // Cowane’s Hospital, 49 John St, FK8 1ED // Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, FK8 1DE // The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King St, FK8 1DQ // The Thistles, Goosecroft Rd, FK8 2EA Stirling is a vibrant Scottish city just one hour from both Glasgow and Edinburgh. With so much to see and do in Stirling it’s hard to know where to start so we recommend visiting destinationstirling.com to plan your trip and itinerary.

Glasgow Airport – a quarter hourly bus service taking around 25 mins leaves from outside the terminal and stops at Buchanan Street Bus Station for direct services to Stirling. Queen Street Railway Station is a five minute walk.

BY RAIL

BY ROAD

Stirling is about 35 minutes from Glasgow (Queen Street Station) and 50 minutes Edinburgh (Haymarket and Waverley stations) with three direct services an hour from Glasgow and two from Edinburgh. There are also direct services to London, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness.

Stirling is linked to Scotland’s motorway and trunk road network including the M9/A9 to Edinburgh, Perth and Inverness and the M80 to Glasgow.

For timetables go to travelinescotland.com or call Traveline on 0870 608 2608.

BY AIR Most travellers arrive at Edinburgh or Glasgow airports which all have branches of leading car hire operators and taxi services.

Edinburgh Airport – a 24 hour bus service, every 10 mins at peak times and 30 mins at night, leaves outside the terminal and stops at Haymarket Terrace for direct rail and bus services to Stirling. Journey time – 20 mins.

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The Thistles shopping centre has a large car park which is open until 10pm. If you are arriving by car, then leave the M9 from Junctions 9 or 10 and follow the signs for the Stirling city centre.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION We are committed to making Bloody Scotland accessible to all – full venue accessibility information is available on our website or call 0141 258 1150 to discuss any access needs.

BSL interpretation is available at events on request.

Email: info@bloodyscotland.com to request this free service.

In addition, full box office facilities will be available on site at the Golden Lion Hotel and The Albert Halls throughout the festival weekend.

Please allow time to pick up your tickets before the vent beings. The box office can post your tickets for 50p or they can be picked up for free from the box office.

We do not charge any booking or transaction fees.

CONCESSIONS

STIRLING DISCOUNT

All tickets are available at a concessionary rate (£1 off) if you are a student, unemployed, registered disabled, over 60 or under 16.

A 10% discount is available to people residing in the Stirling Council area. This is available across all sales channels and you must give your address at the time of booking.

Bloody Scotland regrets that once purchased, tickets cannot be transferred, exchanged or refunded.

SEATING Seating at all events is unreserved.

Please advise the box office at the time of booking if you require a wheelchair space or have any specific needs and we will do our best to accommodate them.

Visit bloodyscotland.com/localdiscount for details.

FREE STANDBY TICKETS We don’t want the price to be prohibitive to you coming to Bloody Scotland and while we can’t help with travel or accommodation costs, we can offer you a free standby ticket on the day of the event if there is good availability*. These tickets are available to the unemployed or those on a low income, on the day of the event and limited to one per person.

Visit bloodyscotland.com/standby for details. *Good availability is defined as over 10 tickets available for sale.

The Caledonian Crime Writing Festival, Scottish Company No SC404578, Registered office: Caledonian Exchange, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh EH3 8HE. The Caledonian Crime Writing Festival is a Scottish Registered Charity, known as Bloody Scotland; Charity No SC042615

Tickets and info: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000

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BLOODY SCOTLAND 2016 AT A GLANCE FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

09.00—17.00 BLOODY SCOTLAND MASTERCLASS

THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

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19.00—20.00 STUART MACBRIDE & CARO RAMSAY

ALBERT HALLS

p7

20.30—21.30 MARK BILLINGHAM & CHRIS BROOKMYRE

ALBERT HALLS

p7

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 10.30—11.30 THE GOLDEN AGE RENEGADE – JOSEPHINE TEY

ALBERT HALLS

p8

10.30—11.30 TALKING TO THE DEAD

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p8

10.30—11.30 EVA DOLAN, MARI HANNAH & BEN MCPHERSON

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p8

12.15—13.15 MARK BILLINGHAM & PETER ROBINSON

ALBERT HALLS

p9

12.15—13.15 SCOTLAND THE GRAVE

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p9

12.15—13.15 RACHEL ABBOTT & MELANIE RAABE

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

14.00—15.00 BLOODY SCOTLAND CRIME WRITERS FOOTBALL MATCH

BOWLING GREEN – COWANE’S HOSPITAL

p10

14.00—15.00 SPIES LIKE US

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p10

14.00—15.00 ALEX GRAY PRESENTS NEW CRIMES

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p10

14.00—15.00 M.C. BEATON WITH FRED MACAULAY

ALBERT HALLS

p11

15.45—16.45 VAL MCDERMID

ALBERT HALLS

p11

p9

15.45—16.45 SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH: MARY PAULSON ELLIS & TIM WEAVER

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p11

15.45—16.45 SEX AND THE INTERNET

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p13

17.30—18.30 CHRIS BROOKMYRE & STUART NEVILLE

ALBERT HALLS

p13

17.30—18.30 ERWIN JAMES & MARTINA COLE

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p13

17.30—18.30 INSPECTOR FARO INVESTIGATES: A PLAY

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p14

19.00—20.00 NICCI FRENCH

ALBERT HALLS

p14

19.00–20.00 CRIME QUIZ

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p14

20.15—22.15 MARK BILLINGHAM & MY DARLING CLEMENTINE IN THE OTHER HALF

TOLBOOTH

p15

20.30—LATE CRIME AT THE COO

THE CURLY COO

p15

SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 10.00—11.00 DIGGING UP THE BODIES

ALBERT HALLS

p16

10.00—11.00 PITCH PERFECT

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

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10.00—11.00 HOW TARTAN IS YOUR NOIR?

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p16

11.45—12.45 INTO THE DARK: JAMES OSWALD, MALCOLM MACKAY

& CRAIG ROBERTSON

ALBERT HALLS

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11.45—12.45 THE DYING OF THE LIGHT

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p17

11.45—12.45 VICTORIAN GOTHIC

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p17

13.30—14.30 WRITING ORKNEY

ALBERT HALLS

p19

13.30—14.30 WRITING IN EXILE

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p17

13.30—14.30 (NOT) BORN IN THE USA

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p19

15.15—16.15 NORTHERN LIGHTS

ALBERT HALLS

p19

15.15—16.15 WITNESS THE DEAD

BALLROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL

p21

15.15—16.15 NEIL MACKAY & ALEXANDRA SOKOLOFF

WALLACE ROOM – THE GOLDEN LION HOTEL p21

17.00—18.00 IAN RANKIN & QUINTIN JARDINE

ALBERT HALLS

p21

TICKETS AND INFO: BLOODYSCOTLAND.COM // 01786 27 4000