Introducing Tartan Noir: The Chilling Tales Creating A Scare in Scotland

Every year, in the city of Stirling, Scotland’s top crime authors and their fans gather to celebrate the dark delights of Tartan Noir. The Bloody Scotland Festival, which just celebrated its 10th year, isn’t your usual literary festival. A chance to attend readings, hear work in progress, and meet the next generation of crime writers. It isn’t only top Scottish authors who attend, the roll call of guests for the 2022 event read like a “Who’s Who” of global crime fiction.

Alan Bett, Head of Literature and Publishing at Creative Scotland who sponsor the event, said: “This 10th-anniversary programme was not only the biggest, but it also embraced a hybrid model that meant a wider audience could engage with authors, either on stage, on screen, or online.

“Bloody Scotland continues to promote the highly popular genre of Scottish crime writing to the world, while also connecting Scottish readers to the work of both new and established authors.”

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