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LONGLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE McILVANNEY PRIZE 2022
8th June 2022
In Bloody Scotland’s 10th Anniversary year, a clear longlist of ten emerged after the readers scores were tallied. The longlist for the McIlvanney Prize 2022 – which is dominated by two Scottish independent publishers, Canongate and Polygon and sponsored by Glencairn Glass – is today revealed to be:
A Matter of Time, Claire Askew (Hodder) -The Scottish Borders
The Sound of Sirens, Ewan Galt (Leamington Books) – North East Scotland
The Blood Tide, Neil Lancaster (Harpercollins) – Glasgow/Western Scotland
From the Ashes, Deborah Masson (Transworld) – Aberdeen
The Heretic, Liam McIlvanney (Harpercollins) – Glasgow
Rizzio, Denise Mina (Polygon) – Edinburgh
May God Forgive, Alan Parks (Canongate)
A Corruption of Blood, Ambrose Parry (Canongate)
A Rattle of Bones, Douglas Skelton (Polygon) – Scottish Highlands
The Second Cut, Louise Welsh (Canongate) – Glasgow
Bob McDevitt, Director of Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival said:
‘I’m so pleased to see such an excellent longlist of books in the running for this year’s McIlvanney prize. Police procedurals dominate this year, set all around Scotland and from the 1970s to the present day, along with a few striking historical novels (set before the 1970s!) and some contemporary Glasgow noir. Once again, the judges have their work cut out for them!’
The McIlvanney Prize will be judged by Ayo Onatade, winner of the CWA Red Herring Award and freelance crime fiction critic, Janice Forsyth, presenter of the Afternoon Show on BBC Radio Scotland and Ewan Wilson, crime fiction buyer from Waterstones Glasgow. The Glencairn Glass, the world’s favourite whisky glass, is again sponsoring both The McIlvanney Prize and The Bloody Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year for 2022. Kirsty Nicholson, Glencairn’s Design and Marketing Manager commented:
‘This is our third year of sponsoring the McIlvanney Prize with the Glencairn Glass and once again we’re delighted to see such an exciting longlist for the award. Congratulations to all the authors who have made it this far. The books featured on the longlist provide the perfect opportunity to discover the best in crime fiction alongside a wee dram of whisky in the world’s favourite whisky glass.’
Finalists for the McIlvanney Prize will be revealed at the beginning of September. The winner will be revealed in Stirling on Thursday 15 September. The Debut shortlist will be revealed on Tuesday 28 July.
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Lots for me to check out here, might be a job for later!
The only two names which jump off the page at me, are Neil Lancaster and Denise Mina.
I have a couple of Neil’s books on my Kindle to be read, which a fellow blogger recommended.
There are a couple of early Denise Mina paperbacks which I can see looking at me from my bookshelves, although her ‘longlist’ book is far removed from the contemporary crime thrillers I usually associate with her writing. 🙂