Bloody Scotland 2019
20 – 23 September, 2019
Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, David Baldacci, Louise Welsh, Richard Osman, Mark Billingham, Ambrose Parry and so many more!
Tickets available now – bloodyscotland.com/event
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Gala Opening, McIlvanney Prize and Torchlight Procession
Friday 20th September, 2019 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Who will be crowned winner of the McIlvanney Prize for 2019 as author of the best Scottish crime novel of the year? Find out at gala occasion in the historic church where James VI was crowned king of Scotland in 1567 .
Bloody Scotland at the Church of the Holy Rude, St John St, Stirling FK8 1ED
£15
David Baldacci
(Photo by Guy Bell)
Denise Mina and Louise Welsh
Saturday 21st September from 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Crime fiction is populated by writers with razor-sharp minds, rapier wits and finely-honed social consciences but few embody these traits better than Denise Mina and Louise Welsh.
Both are fabulous writers and exceptional speakers so prepare to be entertained.
Chaired by Janice Forsyth.
Tickets £10(£9)
My Life With Murderers: Dr David Wilson with Lin Anderson
Saturday 21st September, 2019 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am
At the age of twenty-nine, Dr David Wilson became the UK’s youngest prison governor. It was the start of a career where he spent his working life behind bars with some of the world’s most violent men.
Dr Wilson will be discussing his life with murderers with an author who has written many a fine murder, Lin Anderson.
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