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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

McILVANNEY PRIZE FINALISTS 2022: BLOODY SCOTLAND

Bloody Scotland revealed the finalists for The McIlvanney Prize 2022:


Liam McIlvanney – The Heretic (HarperCollins)
Alan Parks – May God Forgive (Canongate)
Ambrose Parry – A Corruption of Blood (Canongate)
Louise Welsh – The Second Cut (Canongate)


The McIlvanney Prize recognizes excellence in Scottish crime writing, includes a prize of £1000 and nationwide promotion in Waterstones.

The winners will be revealed in Stirling on Thursday 15 September.  There will be a VIP reception at the Church of the Holy Rude at 7pm and to lead the torchlit procession from Stirling Castle to The Albert Halls where the winner of both the McIlvanney and the Bloody Scotland Debut Prizes will be revealed at approximately 8.30pm. They will then be interviewed on stage by BBC Radio Scotland’s Janice Forsyth.


The shortlist for The Bloody Scotland Debut Prize for crime fiction:

Tariq Ashkanani, Welcome to Cooper (Thomas & Mercer, Amazon).
Frankie Boyle, Meantime (John Murray).
Amanda Mitchison, The Wolf Hunters (Fledgling Press).
George Paterson, The Girl, The Crow, The Writer and The Fighter (Into Books).
Sarah Smith, Hear No Evil (Two Roads).

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