Alanna Knight

Ian Rankin

Bloody Scotland 2012: A Stirling Conference

By Dirk Robertson

September 22, 2012

What is a gathering of Scottish crime writers known as “Bloody Scotland?” Well, you were in Stirling, an hour’s drive from Scotland’s capital city Edinburgh, home of the larger-than-life William Wallace and gateway to the Highlands. No Australian accents, a la Mel Gibson, were in attendance, but there were American, Icelandic, Scottish (not surprisingly), and…

The River Clyde at sunset in Glasgow

One Scotland, Different Universes: Lasses of Crime

By Dirk Robertson

May 20, 2011

The Scots share a strong sense of place and identity and a unique culture which flavours their crime writing, though there are marked differences in tone between those writers from the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, or county Fife.  In fact, they’re universes apart, though only 40 miles separate any from the others. The River Clyde…