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McIlvanney Prize
Bloody Scotland is a Scottish international crime writing festival, held annually in Stirling, Scotland. It was founded in 2012 by Tartan Noir writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray and describes itself as "the literary festival where you can let down your hair and enjoy a drink at the bar with your favourite crime writer". Its sponsors include the University of Stirling and Stirling Council. In 2022 most events were held at the Albert Halls or the Tolbooth. The festival awards The McIlvanney Prize for "the best Scottish Crime book of the year" (so named in 2016 for writer William McIlvanney (1936-2015), who has been called "the Godfather of Tartan Noir"), and, since 2019, the Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year. McIlvanney Prize winners * 2012: Charles Cumming, ''A Foreign Country'' * 2013: Malcolm Mackay, ''How A Gunman Says Goodbye'' * 2014: Peter May, ''Entry Island'' * 2015: Craig Russell, ''The Ghosts of Altona'' * 2016: Chris Brookmyre, ''Black Widow'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stirling
Stirling (; sco, Stirlin; gd, Sruighlea ) is a city in central Scotland, northeast of Glasgow and north-west of Edinburgh. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the Old Bridge and the port. Located on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially it is the strategically important "Gateway to the Highlands". It has been said that "Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together". Similarly "he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland" is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth made it a focal point for travel north or south. When Stirling was temporarily under Anglo-Saxon sway, according to a 9th-century legend, it was attacked by Danish invaders. The sound of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denise Mina
Denise Mina (born 21 August 1966) is a Scottish crime writer and playwright. She has written the ''Garnethill'' trilogy and another three novels featuring the character Patricia "Paddy" Meehan, a Glasgow journalist. Described as an author of Tartan Noir, she has also dabbled in comic book writing, having written 13 issues of ''Hellblazer''. Mina's first Paddy Meehan novel, ''The Field of Blood'' (2005), was filmed for broadcast in 2011 by the BBC, starring Jayd Johnson, Peter Capaldi and David Morrissey. The second, ''The Dead Hour,'' was filmed and broadcast in 2013. Biography Denise Mina was born in East Kilbride in 1966. Her father worked as an engineer. Because of his work, the family moved 21 times in 18 years: from Paris to The Hague, London, Scotland and Bergen; she has also professed an affection for Rutherglen, her mother's home town. Mina left school at 16 and worked in a variety of low-skilled jobs, including as a barmaid, kitchen porter and cook. She also work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Festivals In Scotland
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include oral literature, much of which has been transcribed. Literature is a method of recording, preserving, and transmitting knowledge and entertainment, and can also have a social, psychological, spiritual, or political role. Literature, as an art form, can also include works in various non-fiction genres, such as biography, diaries, memoir, letters, and the essay. Within its broad definition, literature includes non-fictional books, articles or other printed information on a particular subject.''OED'' Etymologically, the term derives from Latin ''literatura/litteratura'' "learning, a writing, grammar," originally "writing formed with letters," from ''litera/littera'' "letter". In spite of this, the term has also been applied to spoken or sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tariq Ashkanani
Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name. Etymology The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tariq ibn Ziyad, a Muslim military leader who conquered Iberia in the Battle of Guadalete in 711 AD. In literature and placenames Ṭariq is used in classical Arabic to refer to a visitor at night (a visitor "strikes" the house door). Due to the heat of travel in the Arabian Peninsula, visitors would generally arrive at night. The use of the word appears in several places including the Quran, where ṭāriq is used to refer to the brilliant star at night, because it comes out visiting at night, and this is the common understanding of the word nowadays due to the Qur'an. It can also be found in many poems. For example, from the famous poets Imru' al-Qais and Jarir ibn Atiyah. Gibraltar is the Spanish derivation of the Arabic name Jabal Aṭ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Morrison
Robbie Morrison is a Scottish comic book writer known for his work in the weekly anthology '' 2000 AD'', where he co-created the long-running serial ''Nikolai Dante'' with artist Simon Fraser. Career Morrison began his career in '' 2000 ADs sister title ''Judge Dredd Megazine'', writing various spin-off stories for the titular character, including '' Shimura'', which he co-created with Frank Quitely. Aside from ''Nikolai Dante'', Morrison's work for ''2000 AD'' itself includes ''Shakara'' with art by Henry Flint and contributions to various long-running series of short strips such as ''Tharg's Future Shocks'', '' Vector 13'' and '' Pulp Sci-Fi''. In 2002, Morrison made his debut at the Big Two of the American comic book market with an issue of ''Spider-Man's Tangled Web'', drawn by Jim Mahfood. The following year, he launched the second volume of '' The Authority'' at Wildstorm following the acclaimed runs by Warren Ellis and Mark Millar, while Morrison's idea of having the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Masson
According to the Book of Judges, Deborah ( he, דְּבוֹרָה, ''Dəḇōrā'', "bee") was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Bible. Many scholars contend that the phrase, "a woman of Lappidot", as translated from biblical Hebrew in Judges 4:4 denotes her marital status as the wife of Lappidot.Van Wijk-Bos, Johanna WH. ''The End of the Beginning: Joshua and Judges''. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2019. Alternatively, "lappid" translates as "torch" or "lightning", therefore the phrase, "woman of Lappidot" could be referencing Deborah as a "fiery woman." Deborah told Barak, an Israelite general from Kedesh in Naphtali, that God commanded him to lead an attack against the forces of Jabin king of Canaan and his military commander Sisera (Judges 4:6–7); the entire narrative is recounted in chapter 4. Judges chapter 5 gives the same story in poetic form. This passage, often called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Askew
Claire Askew (born 10 March 1986) is a Scottish novelist and poet. The first book in her crime fiction series, which follows the work of DI Helen Birch, ''All the Hidden Truths'', won the inaugural Bloody Scotland Scottish Crime Debut of the Year in 2019. In addition, the book was the winner of the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize, shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger and Debut Dagger awards, and longlisted for the 2014 Peggy Chapman-Andrews (Bridport) Novel Award. She has subsequently published ''What You Pay For'' and ''Cover Your Tracks'' with Hodder & Stoughton. In 2020 she is also publishing ''Novelista,'' a writing guide. Askew has also published three collections of poetry, ''The Mermaid and The Sailors''(Red Squirrel Press, 2011), which won the 2010 Virginia Warbey Poetry Prize, ''This changes things'' (Bloodaxe, 2016) and ''How to burn a woman'' (Bloodaxe, 2021). ''This changes things'' was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award, the Seamus He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Parks (writer)
Alan Parks (born 1963) is a Scottish crime writer in the Tartan Noir genre. His fifth novel ''May God Forgive'' won the 2022 McIlvanney Prize as the best Scottish crime book of the year. His novels, each including a month of the year in its title, are set in 1970s Glasgow and feature "rather bent copper" Harry McCoy. ''May God Forgive'' was shortlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association for best thriller of the year. The award is sponsored by the estate of Ian Fleming. It is given to a title that fits the broadest definition of th .... Selected publications * ''Bloody January'' (2017) *''February's Son'' (2019) *''Bobby March Will Live For Ever'' (2020) *''The April Dead'' (2021) *''May God Forgive'' (2022) *''To Die in June'' (2023) References 1963 births Living people 21st-century Scottish novelists {{Scotland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine Toon
Francine Toon (born 1986), also writing as Francine Elena, is a British writer. Early life Toon was born in Canterbury, England, in 1986, and moved to the Scottish Highlands, near Dornoch, at the age of nine after living in England and Portugal. After two years the family moved to St Andrews on the coast of Fife, but "the northern wilds have haunted her ever since, and form the backdrop to her debut novel". She lives in London and works in publishing: she was an editor at Sceptre. Writing Her debut novel, ''Pine'', won the 2020 McIlvanney Prize for "the best Scottish crime book of the year". ''The Guardian''' s reviewer said that it "inhabits the woods and fells like a secretive wild animal" and called it a "well-written tale" but said that "What lets the narrative down is its reliance on the conventional tropes of the ghost-story genre." ''The Scotsman'''s reviewer found that "There’s much to admire in Pine" but that "There are, however, one or two issues with the predictabili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Parry
Christopher Brookmyre (born 6 September 1968) is a Scottish novelist whose novels, generally in a crime or police procedural frame, mix comedy, politics, social comment and action with a strong narrative. He has been referred to as a Tartan Noir author. His debut novel was '' Quite Ugly One Morning''; subsequent works have included '' All Fun and Games until Somebody Loses an Eye'' (2005), ''Black Widow'' (2016) and ''Bedlam'' (2013), which was written in parallel with the development of a first-person shooter videogame, also called Bedlam. He also writes historical fiction with his wife, Dr Marisa Haetzman, under the pseudonym Ambrose Parry. Biography Brookmyre was born in Glasgow and raised and schooled in Barrhead, attending St. Mark's Primary School and St. Luke's High School, before attending the University of Glasgow. Brookmyre is married to Dr. Marisa Haetzman, an anaesthetist, with whom he has a son, and supports St Mirren F.C., references to Scottish football ('fit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Johnstone
Doug Johnstone (born 22 July 1970) is a Scottish crime writer based in Edinburgh. His ninth novel ''Fault Lines'' was published by Orenda Books in May 2018. His 2015 book ''The Jump'' (published by Faber & Faber) was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Novel. He published two novels with Penguin, ''Tombstoning'' (2006) and '' The Ossians'' (2008), which received praise from Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Christopher Brookmyre. ''The Scotsman'' described him as "a master of the page-turning, heart-gripping, plot-driven tale." Johnstone is a Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow and he was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University from 2014–2016. He was a writer in residence at the University of Strathclyde from 2010-2012 and before that worked as a lecturer in creative writing. He has had several short stories appear in various publications, and since 1999 has worked as a freelance arts journalist, primarily covering music and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manda Scott
Manda Scott (born 1962) is a former Scottish veterinary surgeon who is now a novelist, blogger, columnist and occasional broadcaster. Born and educated in Glasgow, Scotland, she trained at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine and now lives and works in Shropshire. Reference for updated biographical information. Writing She made her name initially as a crime writer. Her first novel, ''Hen's Teeth'' was shortlisted for the 1997 Orange Prize. Her fourth, ''No Good Deed'', was nominated for the 2003 Edgar Award. Her subsequent novels, ''Night Mares'', ''Stronger than Death'' and ''No Good Deed'', for which she was hailed as 'one of Britain's most important crime writers' by The Times, were published by Headline and are now published, along with her other books, by Transworld Publishers, an imprint of Random House. Alongside her original contemporary thrillers, she has written two sets of four historical thrillers. "The Boudica series" were her first historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
