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Glencairn Glass invites writers to enter annual crime short story competition
Scottish Field has joined forces with the Glencairn Glass for the third installment of it’s crime short story competition. The Glencairn Glass is once again delving into the dark side of crime fiction with the launch of its popular annual crime short story competition. This year the competition launches on 27 October, once again in…
Read MoreBloody Scotland: Heather Critchlow on Unsolved
Each week Scottish Field will be talking to one of the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize shortlist authors about their novels and feature an extract from the book. This week we hear from Heather Critchlow, 42, from Aberdeenshire, about her novel Unsolved (Canelo) , a cold case mystery about two women who disappeared 35 years ago which…
Read MoreScottish author JD Kirk on his new crime fiction series
With the release of his new crime fiction series, we speak to Scottish author JD Kirk, real name Barry Hutchinson, about his latest novel The One That Got Away. Born and raised in Fort William, Barry wanted to be a writer from the age of nine, and wrote more than 140 children’s books before taking…
Read MoreGlencairn Glass short story competition results revealed
THE Glencairn Glass – the world’s favourite whisky glass, produced by Scottish glassware company Glencairn Crystal – has today revealed the winner and runner-up of its Scottish-themed crime short story competition, in association with Scottish Field. Having supported and celebrated Scottish crime writing talent with its ongoing sponsorship of the prestigious McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland…
Read MoreRecord audience for Granite Noir festival
A RECORD 15,000 people visited Aberdeen over the weekend for the Granite Noir crime writing festival. The festival’s seventh outing attracted almost 11,500 people to its shows, with a further 3,000 or so visiting the “Curriculum of Crime” exhibition at the city’s Music Hall. Highlights of this year’s festival included author Val McDermid in conversation…
Read MoreNative trio plans show at Aberdeen Art Gallery
WORKS by three local artists are visiting Aberdeen Art Gallery to wow crowds in their home city. Lennox Dunbar, Ian Howard, and Arthur Watson all attended Aberdeen Grammar School, where art teacher Charles Hemingway introduced them to the collection at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Howard went on to teach at Aberdeen and Dundee colleges of art…
Read MoreHighland women celebrated in podcast
THE stories of Highland women are being celebrated in a new series of podcasts. The programmes were commissioned by Museums & Heritage Highlands and XpoNorth Digital, which supports creative businesses. The series, which is hosted by Pauline Moore, uses archive material to tell the stories of women from the Highlands. Jewel thief Mary Marjory MacDonald,…
Read MoreNational museums unveil festive events
SCOTLAND’S four national museums are running a series of festive events. The National Museum of Rural Life at East Kilbride has hidden miniature festive scenes in displays throughout the museum. Visitors can follow Clyde’s winter trail until 8 January. In Edinburgh, the National Museum of Scotland is running “Drawn Together at the Museum”. Artists can…
Read MoreFamous farming faces sing ‘Silent Night’
A HOST of famous farming faces have recorded a version of Christmas favourite “Silent Night” to raise spirits this winter. Organisers from the Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RSABI) wanted to raise awareness of the potential for loneliness within the Scottish agricultural community. Recording the carol is part of the RSABI’s #KeepTalking campaign to encourage…
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