Bloody Scotland will again be supporting new writers by pairing established authors with ‘support’ acts just starting out on their crime writing career.
Graeme Macrae Burnet, author of His Bloody Project was famously ‘In the Spotlight’ as a support act for Ian Rankin before it was shortlisted for the Man Booker and the initiative has been praised on Open Book, BBC Radio 4 for being innovative and breaking the boundaries of traditional book festivals.
Authors ‘In the Spotlight’ this year include Judith O’Reilly, a former producer for Newsnight and Channel 4 News who is paired with David Baldacci straight from leading the torchlight procession; Jackie McLean, who volunteered at Bloody Scotland now makes her way on to the main stage herself with Chris Brookmyre and Michael Robotham; Gordon Kerr, who as Head of Marketing at Waterstones selected Alexander McCall Smith as Book of the Month and will now share the stage with the much loved international star and Noelle Holten, better known to everyone in the crime fiction world as the power blogger Crime Book Junkie, who will be on stage with the even more powerful Ian Rankin and First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.
The full list includes authors published by Scottish and English independents, large London conglomerates and some self-published authors with a mix of male and female crime writers. One of last years authors ‘in the spotlight’, Claire Askew who last year took to the stage with Ann Cleeves and Louise Penny has this year been shortlisted for both the debut and the main McIlvanney Prize. The finalists will be revealed on 6 September.
The full list of selected authors including who they are supporting, is below: .
- Judith O’Reilly with David Baldacci, Friday 20th Sept, 8.30pm
- Geraldine Hogan with Dr David Wilson, Saturday 21st Sept, 10am
- Jackie McLean with Chris Brookmyre & Michael Robotham, Sat 21stSept, 11.45am
- Gordon Kerr with Alexander McCall Smith, Sat 21st Sept, 1.30pm
- Fiona Erskine with Denise Mina & Louise Welsh, Sat 21st Sept 3.15pm
- Daniel James with Richard Osman, Sat 21st Sept 5pm
- Noelle Holten with Ian Rankin & Nicola Sturgeon, Sat 21st Sept 8pm
- Anne Pettigrew with Professor Angela Gallop, Sun 22nd, Sept,11am
- Neil Lancaster with Lin Anderson & Alex Gray, Sun 22nd Sept 12.45pm
- Douglas Watt with Ambrose Parry and Nicci French, Sun 22nd Sept 2.30pm
- Anna Sayburn Lane with Yrsa Sigurdardottir & Sally Magnusson, Sun 22nd Sept 4pm
- Christine Laurenson with Stuart MacBride & Mark Billingham, Sun 22nd Sept 5.30pm
Tickets are available from www.bloodyscotland.com or at the Box Office in the Tolbooth Stirling or in the Albert Halls. Free standby tickets are available to the unemployed or those on a low income on the day of the event if there is good availability. Proof of eligibility is required and tickets are limited to one person
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