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REVIEW: It's been murder without Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend
REVIEW: It's been murder without Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend
The sun shone on Ross-shire's crime (writing) capital as the book festival returned!
REVIEW: The Riot Of Resolis – for remembering our past and planning the future
REVIEW: The Riot Of Resolis – for remembering our past and planning the future
An ingenious full-length play celebrates a crime in Cromarty's own history
REVIEW: Cromarty Crime Weekend – talk from Ian Rankin
REVIEW: Cromarty Crime Weekend – talk from Ian Rankin
Getting inside a crime legend's head, planning a death on Murder Island
REVIEW: Crime writer Elly Griffiths talks names and killing off characters
REVIEW: Crime writer Elly Griffiths talks names and killing off characters
Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend audience hears about the research that took 10 Hail Marys
REVIEW: Create your own crime world at the Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend writing workshop
REVIEW: Create your own crime world at the Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend writing workshop
'Most of us felt comfortable about reading out what we had written and sharing it as we went along'
REVIEW: The ONLY desert island reading for the Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend panel
REVIEW: The ONLY desert island reading for the Cromarty Crime & Thrillers Weekend panel
They all made very persuasive pitches for their chosen titles – but did things get ugly?
LISTEN: Highland Book Prize 2021 finalist Donald S. Murray on his latest novel In a Veil of Mist
LISTEN: Highland Book Prize 2021 finalist Donald S. Murray on his latest novel In a Veil of Mist
In this episode of our literary podcast Northern Bibliosphere, we meet with Highland Book Prize 2021 finalist Donald S. Murray.
PICTURES: Ullapool Book Festival makes a triumphant return as a jewel in the crown of Ross-shire's literary scene
PICTURES: Ullapool Book Festival makes a triumphant return as a jewel in the crown of Ross-shire's literary scene
The cheer was palpable at the opening of a Wester Ross literary festival
Two North writers chosen for writing support scheme
Two North writers chosen for writing support scheme
Poet Aoife Lyall and Lewis writer RM Murray taking part in Debut Lab
Writer Jennifer Morag Henderson's first events about Daughters Of The North
Writer Jennifer Morag Henderson's first events about Daughters Of The North
A footnote in history that piqued interest of writer as a schoolgirl inspired her book on the most powerful woman in the north