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.
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.
List of Authors –
Judith O’Reilly (Northumberland) with
David Baldacci, Friday 20th, 8.30pm (Killing
State, Head of Zeus)
Geraldine Hogan (Ireland) with Dr David
Wilson, Saturday 21st, 10am (Silent Night,
Bookouture)
Jackie McLean (Glasgow) Chris Brookmyre
& Michael Robotham, Sat 21st, 11.45am (Shadows,
Thunderpoint)
Gordon Kerr (East Kilbride & Dorset)
with Alexander McCall Smith, Sat 21st 1.30pm (The Partisan Heart, Muswell Press)
Fiona Erskine (Edinburgh & Teeside) with
Denise Mina & Louise Welsh, Sat 21st 3.15pm (The Chemical Detective, Oneworld)
Daniel James (Newcastle) with Richard
Osman, Sat 21st 5pm (The Unauthorised Biography of Ezra Maas, Dead Ink Books)
Noelle Holten (Birmingham) with Ian
Rankin & Nicola Sturgeon, Sat 21st, 8pm (Dead Inside, Harper Collins)
Anne Pettigrew (Greenock) with Professor
Angela Gallop, Sun 22nd, 11am (Not the Life Imagined, Ringwood)
Neil Lancaster (Highlands) with Lin
Anderson & Alex Gray, Sun 22nd, 12.45pm (Going Dark, Self Pub)
Douglas Watt (Edinburgh) with Ambrose
Parry and Nicci French, Sun 22nd, 2.30pm (The Unnatural Death of a Jacobite,
Luath)
Anna Sayburn Lane (London) with Yrsa
Sigurdardottir & Sally Magnusson, Sun 22nd, 4pm (Unlawful Things, Self)
Christine Laurenson (Shetland) with
Stuart MacBride & Mark Billingham, Sun 22nd 5.30pm (Dark Business, Self)
1 comment:
it's a great idea and a fantastic opportunity for new writers. big thanks to the Bloody Scotland organising committee
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