Bloody Scotland Festival - Crime in the Spotlight

The Open University in Scotland is sponsoring the Crime in the Spotlight events at this year's Bloody Scotland Festival in Stirling.

Bloody Scotland, Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival, is continuing its drive to support new authors by letting them share a stage with the biggest names in the business.

Before the Albert Halls events, emerging writers will have the chance to read from their work.

Spotlight authors have gone on to great things, not least Graeme Macrae Burnet who 'opened' for Ian Rankin before being shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize.

This year the Spotlight prior to the Val McDermid event will be used to announce the winner of the New Female Crime Writer Award, launched by Virago in association with The Pool.

Crime in the Spotlight will run prior to the following events:

Saturday 9 September

10.30-11.30
The Policing Behind Procedurals - Alex Gray, DCC Iain Livingstone & DSUPT Duncan Sloan.

12.15 -13.15
30 Years in the Business of Crime: Val McDermid

14.00 - 15.00
Peter May

15.45 - 16.45
Simenon et Maigret: John Simenon & Graeme MacRae Burnet

17.30 - 18.30
From Tinseltown to Sin City: Chris Carter & Mason Cross

19.00 - 20.00
Understanding Jimmy Perez: Ann Cleeves & Douglas Henshall [SOLD OUT]
 
Sunday 10 September

11.00-12.00
From Headlines to the Page: Vince Cable & Nicholas Searle

12.45 - 13.45
Building Plots: Louise Welsh, Dough Johnstone & E.S. Thomson

16.00 - 17.00
Getting Rid of the Bodies: James Oswald & Sue Black

16.00 - 17.00
Chris Brookmyre

17.30 - 18.30
Lynda LaPlante

Further information, including details of how to book tickets, is available on the Bloody Scotland Festival website.