2014 Blood Scotland Programme

FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

Bloody Scotland Crime Writing Masterclass 9.30AM–5PM  

MACROBERT, STIRLING UNIVERSITY

Denise Mina and Christopher Brookmyre 7–8PM
HOTEL COLESSIO

Mark Billingham and Stuart MacBride – Dead Funny   8.30–9.30PM
HOTEL COLESSIO

SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

Sharon Bolton, Julia Crouch and Helen Fitzgerald – Domestic Noir 10–11AM

ALBERT HALLS

Ed James and Allan Guthrie 10–11AM

ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

David Wilson and Gary Mulgrew 10–11AM
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Sara Sheridan and James Runcie – The Moral of the Story 11.45AM–12.45PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

David Hewson and Peter Robinson 11.45AM–12.45PM  
ALBERT HALLS

Nele Neuhaus and Danielle Ramsay 11.45AM–12.45PM  
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

MC Beaton chaired by Catriona McPherson 1.30–2.30PM
ALBERT HALLS

Eva Dolan, Hania Allen and Mason Cross 1.30–2.30PM
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

The Bloody Scotland Football Match – Scotland vs England  1.30–2.30PM  
COWANE’S HOSPITAL

Andrew Davies and Bryan McLaughlin  – Glasgow Gangsters  1.30–2.30PM  
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

The Female in Crime Fiction – with Glasgow Women’s Library 3.15–4.15PM  
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Alex Gray and Caro Ramsay 3.15–4.15PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Sunday Herald and Bloody Scotland Independence Debate 3.15–4.45PM
ALBERT HALLS

Peter May chaired by Alanna Knight 5.30–6.30PM
ALBERT HALLS

Luca Veste and Kevin Sampson 5.30–6.30PM
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Parker Bilal 5.30–6.30PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Kathy Reichs chaired by Ian Rankin 7.15–8.15PM
ALBERT HALLS

Bloody Cinema 7.30–10PM
OLD TOWN JAIL

Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award Dinner 8.30PM
HOTEL COLESSIO

Medieval Murder in the Castle  
STIRLING CASTLE

SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

Sophie Hannah – Writing Poirot 11AM–12PM

ALBERT HALLS

Pitch Perfect - 11AM–12PM –
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Nicola White and Karen Perry 11AM–12PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Courtroom Drama: Peter Manuel: The Beast of Birkenshaw 12–1PM / 2–3PM / 4–5PM
STIRLING SHERIFF COURT

Icelandic Noir – Ragnar Jonasson, Quentin Bates and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 12.45–1.45PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Lin Anderson and Return to Scene (R2S) – Forensic Fact Meets Forensic Fiction 12.45–1.45PM
ALBERT HALLS

Scotland to Finland – Craig Robertson, Malcolm Mackay and Kati Hiekkapelto 12.45–1.45PM
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Louise Welsh and Megan Abbott – You Give Me Fever 2.30–3.30PM 
ALBERT HALLS

Tony Parsons – The Crime Writing Bag 2.30–3.30PM
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

John Gordon Sinclair and Arild Stavrum 2.30– 3.30PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Alexandra Sokoloff,  Gordon Brown and  James Oswald 4.15–5.15PM  
MCLAREN SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Quintin Jardine  and Caro Ramsay – Writing the detectives 4.15–5.15PM
ALBERT HALLS
Robert Ryan, Tony Black,  Doug Johnstone and Douglas Skelton – Making the News 4.15–5.15PM
ACADEMY SUITE, STIRLING HIGHLAND HOTEL

Ian Rankin 6–7PM
ALBERT HALLS