Well, that was quite an intense weekend. Totally stoked to win the 2018 McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year at the Bloody Scotland Festival in Stirling: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/21/liam-mcilvanney-wins-scottish-fiction-award-father-bible-john To win the award in such a strong field (the shortlist featured Lin Anderson, Chris Brookmyre and Charles Cumming - the ABC of Scottish crime writing) was incredible, and to win an award named in honour of my late father was pretty emotional. I also got to lead a torchlit procession through the … [Read more...]
Scotsman Review
'A double-detective story in the fine tradition of Stevenson, Barrie and Buchan... I can't commend it highly enough.' Storming review of The Quaker from Stuart Kelly in The Scotsman... https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/book-review-the-quaker-by-liam-mcilvanney-1-4770109 … [Read more...]
Glasgow Launch
Huge thanks to indefatigable crime fiction blogger Sharon Bairden for this report on the Glasgow launch of The Quaker... https://chapterinmylife.wordpress.com/2018/07/16/booklaunch-thequaker-liam-mcilvanney-waterstones-sauchiehall-st-glasgow-liammcilvanney-michaeljmalone1-waterstonesgla/ … [Read more...]
Events, Dear Boy, Events
I’ve put together a list of the events I’m taking part in to promote The Quaker over the next few months. Come along and say hello if you’re in the vicinity... Liam McIlvanney in Conversation, Waterstones, Glasgow, Sauchiehall Street, Monday 16 July 2018, 7pm https://www.waterstones.com/events/liam-mcilvanney-in-conversation/glasgow-sauchiehall-street What Happened Next?’ Eva Dolan, Liam McIlvanney, Abir Mukherjee and Kate Rhodes, chaired by Lee Child, Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate, Saturday 21 July 2018, … [Read more...]
Radio Interview on BBC Scotland
Earlier this month, a couple of days after stepping off the plane from New Zealand, I had the chance to have a slightly jetlagged chat with Scottish broadcasting legend, Janice Forsyth. We talked about The Quaker, Bible John, swimming in the Firth of Clyde, and why the entire population of Glasgow is wrong about the pronunciation of 'Otago Street'. Here's the clip: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06cphcb … [Read more...]