Posts Tagged ‘Granite Noir’
Review: David Swindle, The Makings of A Murderer at Granite Noir
Scottish detective David Swindle, who caught murderer Peter Tobin, brought his show on snaring serial killers to Aberdeen’s Granite Noir festival this year. Grant Dickie headed to Aberdeen’s Music Hall to find out what really goes on behind the scenes of a murder investigation. I must admit, like most, I have always had interest in…
Read MoreNew writers given a chance to shine at festival
Aberdeen’s crime fiction festival, Granite Noir, will be back for a fourth year in 2020 – with plans already underway for the biggest and most ambitious event yet. Having established itself as one of Scotland’s signature literature festivals, Granite Noir has doubled its attendance levels since its inception in 2017. Each year, the Locals in…
Read MoreGranite Noir’s biggest crime writing festival to date
Aberdeen’s crime writing festival Granite Noir was held at the weekend – with organisers hailing it the biggest and best since its launch in 2017. Highlights of the weekend included an evening with Aberdeen’s own Stuart MacBride and his biggest fan comedian Susan Calman in the newly renovated Music Hall, the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon…
Read MoreThe Granite City is the inspiration for new ice cream
An ice cream that has been made to look like Aberdeen’s granite buildings has been created by Scotland’s luxury ice cream maker for a crime writing festival in the North East. While local talents have been drafting up their dark stories for the city’s popular Granite Noir Festival, Mackie’s of Scotland has written up a new…
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