Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival 17-19 September 2021 LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2021sponsored by The Glencairn Glass Five years ago the Scottish Crime Book of the Year Award was renamed the McIlvanney Prize in memory of William McIlvanney. This year his final book, The Dark Remains which was completed with the help [...]
Today I am delighted to be able to join in the reveal for the six novels shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2021. I'm always intrigued to see which novels will make the final cut, and with such a brilliant long list to choose from, exactly who would make the [...]
Today I try to do justice to the latest beautiful book to be served up by the very talented Louise Beech, This Is How We Are Human. I love Louise's work and once again she has demonstrated why she is nigh on impossible to define in terms of the genre of fiction she writes. My [...]
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