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Scottish
family business Glencairn Crystal has
once again sponsored this year’s
McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish Crime
Book of the Year and the Bloody Scotland
Debut Crime Novel of the Year, with its
famous Glencairn Glass for whisky.
Scottish family business Glencairn
Crystal who now sells an incredible 5
million of of their sturdy wee whisky
tasting glasses every year has once again sponsored this
year’s McIlvanney Prize for the Scottish
Crime Book of the Year and the Bloody
Scotland Debut Crime Novel of the Year,
with its famous Glencairn Glass for
whisky.
The winners were announced at the Bloody
Scotland International Crime Writing
Festival which took place from 15th –
18th September in Stirling. This year’s
winner of The McIlvanney Prize is Alan
Parks with May God Forgive. Parks was
also a finalist for The McIlvanney Prize
in 2021.
The Bloody Scotland Debut Prize was
awarded to Tariq Ashkanani with Welcome
to Cooper. Ashkanani is a dynamic new
addition to Scotland’s crime writing
roster. The winners were presented with
a Glencairn Glass trophy by Kirsty
Nicholson, Design and Marketing Manager
at Glencairn Crystal, who said: "A huge
congratulations to Tariq Ashkanani and
Alan Parks for winning this year’s
awards. It has been a privilege and a
delight to once again support these
prestigious awards with the Glencairn
Glass - both of which are uniquely
Scottish - and to celebrate the array of
talented writers in the world of
Scottish Crime fiction."
Both of the prestigious literary prizes
are awarded as part of the annual Bloody
Scotland International Crime Writing
Festival. This year marks the 10th
anniversary of the Festival which takes
place every September. Based in
Stirling, Bloody Scotland has brought
hundreds of crime writers - new and
established - to the stage along with
enthusiastic festival attendees since
2012, with exciting events covering a
range of criminal subjects from
fictional forensics and psychological
thrillers to tartan noir and cosy crime.
For further details visit:
www.bloodyscotland.com and
www.glencairn.co.uk
You will also find Glencairn's range of
sturdy wee whisky glasses as well as
their other offerings
available from specialist online whisky
shops such
as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Hard To Find Whisky
and
Master of
Malt
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