Crime and whisky combine in Stirling festival's charity short story collection

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Crime and whisky combine in Stirling festival's charity short story collection
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A collection has been launched, for charity, of gripping crime fiction short stories by up-and-coming crime authors who have emerged through Stirling ’s Bloody Scotland crime writing festival.

The Glencairn Glass has supported and celebrated Scottish crime writing talent through its ongoing sponsorship of the prestigious McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime-writing literary awards since 2020. Students from Stirling University helped to create various aspects of the final collection, from assisting with the curation of the stories to the design and layout of the book.

The list of contributing authors, including both experienced and debut writers, is as follows: Allan Gaw – Allan has since gone on to win this year’s Bloody Scotland Debut Prize; Phillip Wilson ; Elisabeth Ingram Wallace ; Brid Cummings ; Jennifer Harvey : and Judith O’Reilly . Kirsty Nicholson, Design and Marketing Manager at Glencairn Crystal said: “We’ve been blown away by the outstanding quality of the stories that have been entered into our Glencairn Glass Crime Short Story Competition over the last few years.

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