Bloody Scotland: Friday 15th September

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Bloody Scotland returns in 2023 celebrating the best Scottish and International crime fiction. Check out their events programme for Friday 15th September!

About Bloody Scotland: Friday 15th September

Listed Under Books Events / Books Events / Nights Out Events / Talks and Lectures Events

10:30 am - 6:30 pm
BLOODY SCOTLAND ONLINE MASTERCLASS
Masterclass attendees will be able to access all four of the events
£45

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Alex Gray’s New Crimes: Jo Callaghan,Martin Griffin, Fulton Ross and Alex Hay
Holy Trinity Church 6 Albert Place, Stirling, United Kingdom
Author Alex Gray presents her choice of the best debuts of the year, four writers with dark deeds in their bright futures.
£8

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Alex Gray and James Oswald
Albert Halls, Stirling
Maintaining a long-running series only seems easy because experts of the craft make it look that way. Alex Gray and James Oswald have both created enduring, and much-loved, police detectives. Join them as they discuss the art of creating characters and keeping them top of the pile.
£12

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
In Cold Blood: CJ Tudor, Kate Simants and Gordon J Brown
Holy Trinity Church, 6 Albert Place, Stirling
Three ice-cold chillers and three authors eager to tell you about the whiteout, the freeze out, and the cold-blooded take out at the centre of their new novels.
£8

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Bloody Scotland Debut Prize Shortlist
Central Library, 3 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling
This free event in Stirling’s Central Library on Corn Exchange Road features the shortlisted authors for the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year.
Free

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Fair Cops: Sharon Bolton, Christie Newport and Charlotte Vassell
The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King Street, Stirling
Crime fiction is an ever-evolving genre, but its rock bed remains the police procedural. Good cops (and bad cops), a case to solve, and a process to do things by (or ignore).
£10

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
And Then There Were Pun: Tom Hindle, Lexie Elliott and GW Shaw
Holy Trinity Church, 6 Albert Place, Stirling
The first rule of crime fiction murder club. Never go somewhere secluded where you might all die, one by one. Thankfully, some people never learn.
£8

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Lin Anderson and Guests
Albert Halls, Stirling
It’s twenty years since Lin Anderson’s iconic forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod entered the crime fiction canon, making a breathtaking debut in Lin’s first novel Driftnet. At once both emotional and professional, Rhona immediately resonated with readers, establishing herself as an expert in the field without ever losing the humanity that is an equally vital part of her job.
£12

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Nordic Noir: Thomas Enger, Jørn Lier Horst and Heidi Amsinck
The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King Street, Stirling
The Scandi crimewave continues apace, producing a series of top-class writers adept at creating contemporary atmospheric thrillers.
£10

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
RECEPTION, TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION, THE MCILVANNEY PRIZE AND BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SPONSORED BY THE GLENCAIRN GLASS
CHURCH OF THE HOLY RUDE → STIRLING CASTLE ESPLANADE → ALBERT HALLS
Join us in the splendour of the 600-year-old Church of the Holy Rude as we welcome festival guests in style with a glitzy drinks reception before our now iconic torchlit procession through Stirling’s historic old town to the Albert Halls.
£20

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
A Story Within a Story: Catriona Ward, Dorothy Koomson and Jenny Lund Madsen
The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King Street, Stirling
Three exceptional authors look close to home for inspiration as their books all use novelists as their central characters.
£10

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
A Catalogue of Mis-Adventures: Lucy Clarke, Karen Hamilton and Sarah Clarke
Holy Trinity Church, 6 Albert Place, Stirling
There is a nothing like a relaxing trip away to ease tension and calm the nerves. And these stories are nothing like a relaxing trip away…
£8

9:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Val McDermid with Abir Mukherjee
Albert Halls, Stirling
We’re delighted to present a long-overdue return to Bloody Scotland for the Queen of Crime, Val McDermid. With 41 novels and over 19 million sales worldwide, she is firmly established as one of the world’s leading crime writers, and as a national treasure.
£12

9:00 pm - Saturday 16th September from 12:01 am
CRIME AT THE COO
Curly Coo, 51 Barnton Street, Stirling
Fingers on buttons, get ready, go… for the fastest-selling tickets of the festival. For the first time, Crime at the Coo, in the Curly Coo on Barnton Street, moves to a Friday night, but the usual programme of songs, comedy, chaos, poetry, communal singing and general bacchanalia will be as it ever was.
£10

10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
CrimeMaster: Mark Billingham, Mark Edwards, Susi Holliday, Gytha Lodge and Abir Mukherjee
Albert Halls, Stirling
Buckle up for an hour of fun-filled mayhem as hosts Luca Veste and CL Taylor give a platform to some of the country’s finest crime writers in order that you marvel at their ingenuity (that’s what we’ve told them but it’s really them being humiliated for your entertainment).
£12

10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
The Darkest Web: Ashley Kalagian Blunt, Pascal Engman and Lisa Ballantyne
The Golden Lion Hotel, 8-10 King Street, Stirling
Anyone who’s spent much time on social media will know that the dark side of the internet can be very dark indeed. These three authors tackle its worst excesses.
£10

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