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The Glencairn
Glass sponsors Scottish International
Crime Writing Awards and takes a leading
role in a gripping short story.
If you enjoy sitting back in the
armchair in the evening with a good
whisky and a good book, particularly a
crime novel, then here is a couple of
new books to look out for as the winners
of the Glencairn Whisky Glass sponsored
2020 McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish
Crime Book of the Year and the Bloody
Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year
were announced at the opening of the
Bloody Scotland International Crime
Writing Festival on Friday evening.
This year two debut women writers,
published by Transworld, have scooped
the prestigious awards for the first
time; the winner of the McIlvanney Prize
2020 is Francine Toon with Pine, and the
winner of the Debut Prize is Deborah
Masson with Hold Your Tongue.
All four finalists for the Debut Prize,
along with Gordon Brown - the crime
writing marketing director at Glencairn
Crystal - and one of Bloody Scotland’s
founding directors, have also
collaborated on a short story which was
published exclusively in Scotland’s The
Sunday Post newspaper at the weekend.
The gripping short story features the
Glencairn Crystal Studio premises, home
of The Glencairn Glass, and is soon to
be broadcast on the Tartan Noir podcast
as well as via The Glencairn Glass
website with the five authors narrating
the story.
It is the first year that The Glencairn
Glass has sponsored the prizes and been
involved in the Bloody Scotland Crime
Writing Festival. Kirsty Nicholson,
Glencairn Crystal's Marketing Manager
said:
"First time authors winning both prizes
this year highlights what a bright
future the fantastic tradition of
Scottish crime writing has. We are
delighted and proud to sponsor such
prestigious awards with The Glencairn
Glass and would like to congratulate
both Francine and Deborah, while wishing
them all the best for the future."
The annual Bloody Scotland International
Crime Writing Festival took place over
the weekend. Usually based in Stirling,
Bloody Scotland has brought hundreds of
crime writers - new and established - to
the stage along with enthusiastic
festival attendees since 2012. Due to
Covid-19, the festival was forced to
take place virtually online this year,
however it meant that far greater
audiences could attend the virtual
events which featured some of the
biggest crime writers in the world such
as Val McDermid and Ian Rankin in
Scotland and Lee Child and Lawrence
Block in the US, as well as the Never
Ending Panel featuring 26 authors on
screen over four hours.
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