Bloody Scotland

Look at this lovely bunch! Our 2026 authors in all their glory - green room portraits taken once again by the super-talented paul-reich.com – at Glasgow, Scotland

We're very sad to hear of the death of Peter May, he was a wonderful writer and a generous and gracious presence at the festival over the years. Here he is, at the most recent of six appearances in 2024 - Sending love to Janice and the rest of his family. He will be missed. – at Glasgow, Scotland

One of our favourite authors, Chris Carter, couldn't make the festival this year but fortunately our pals at Aye Write in Glasgow have bagged an event with him in October! Tickets here: glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/c… – at Glasgow, Scotland

The final day of Bloody Scotland was the perfect end to the festival. We finished the day with a very special event where our brilliant 2026 Guest Programmer Denise Mina officially handed over the reins to our 2027 Guest Programmer, Val McDermid! Images by Paul Reich

Day two was an absolute smasher at Bloody Scotland. Highlights included author events with Olly Smith, Janice Hallett, Steve Higgs, SA Cosby, Edel Coffey, Liz Nugent, Harriet Tyce & Andrea Mara. #bloodyscotland2026 Photographs by our talented photographer Paul Reich

One day down, two to go! The first day of Bloody Scotland was an absolute triumph. Here are some of our favourite moments so far… Images by: @memydogandbooks @franmcbookface @uptoolatereading & Andy McBroom

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that in a Bloody Scotland first, Frances Crawford has won both the Debut Prize and the McIlvanney prize for her first novel, A Bad, Bad Place. Images by: Paul Reich.

It's getting awfully close now! kicking us off on Friday at Noon is Andrew Raymond, a spotlighter last year and now a panelist on Death on the Island: bloodyscotland.com/event/dea… – at Glasgow, Scotland

We absolutely loved 'Five' by Ilona Bannister and you can hear her talk about it at 'Dangers on a Train' on Friday afternoon: bloodyscotland.com/event/dan… sponsored by @LumoTravel – at Glasgow, Scotland

Only a few days to go and we are very much looking forward to welcoming actress and comedian Andi Osho to Stirling for 'The Housing Crisis is Murder': bloodyscotland.com/event/the… – at Glasgow, Scotland

Just ONE WEEK to go before the festival begins and our Sunday afternoon event with the cast and creators of Dept Q has now SOLD OUT! fortunately you can still tune in to this one online: bloodyscotland.com/event/dep… – at Glasgow, Scotland

You'll have seen @jollyolly on Saturday Kitchen advising the guests on their wine pairings and now he's heading to Stirling for a delicious panel to celebrate his debut crime novel! bloodyscotland.com/event/nic… – at Glasgow, Scotland

We are delighted to reveal the finalists for this year's McIlvanney Prize. The winner will be announced in The Church of the Holy Rude on Friday 18th September - well done all! – at Glasgow, Scotland

We've got quite a strong contingent visiting from down under this year including the first visit from RWR McDonald, author of the hilarious 'Nancys' books: bloodyscotland.com/event/die… – at Glasgow, Scotland

It was the turn of our McIlvanney Prize judges to gather to debate this year's books over lunch. Not an easy job for @sallymag1 @Nicola_Meighan and @grabthisbook. The finalists will be announced next week and the winner announced on Friday 18th September... – at Glasgow, Scotland

We're thinking there might be some unmissable hijinks when @ardalsfolly makes his first visit to Bloody Scotland! The festival starts two weeks today! bloodyscotland.com/event/den… – at Glasgow, Scotland