The Glencairn Glass launches crime fiction anthology to raise money for charity

The Last Dram has been edited by Heather J Fitt, a Scottish crime-fiction writer based in Hampshire, who showed up at this year’s yearly Bloody Scotland International Criminal Activity Composing Celebration in Stirling.

The Glencairn Glass has funded the McIlvanney and Bloody Scotland Debut crime-writing literary awards considering that 2020. The Glencairn Glass Crime Narrative Competitors was introduced in 2021, an annual competition available to both knowledgeable and novice criminal activity writers from all over the world.

The Last Dram anthology features stories from 16 different authors, all of whom have formerly entered the Glencairn Glass Criminal activity Narrative competitors over the previous three years. All of the profits from the book sales in the run-up to Xmas will certainly most likely to the charity.

Various other writers featured in the book consist of the published crime writer Morgan Cry, along with Gayle Thompson, Louise Sharland, Ewan A Dougall, Ben Colley, Julian Benson, Shona MacBryer, Anna Wallace, Bryce Key and B V Lawson.

Scottish company Glencairn Crystal, which generates the whisky glass the Glencairn Glass, has released a collection of crime-fiction short stories by up-and-coming criminal activity authors to elevate money for cancer cells charity Maggie’s.

Working in collaboration with Stirling University, a collection of one of the most enthralling stories from the competitors’s entrants has actually been collated for the production of the anthology. Students from Stirling University aided to develop various aspects of the final collection, from helping with the curation of the tales to the design and layout of guide.

Kirsty Nicholson, style and advertising supervisor at Glencairn Crystal, said: “We have actually been surprised by the outstanding quality of the stories that have actually been participated in our Glencairn Glass Criminal Activity Narrative Competitors over the previous few years. We wanted to showcase these clutching checks out for individuals in a collection to support and celebrate the talented writers and the world of Scottish criminal activity fiction, while elevating money for Maggie’s– a very unique charity.”

The writers whose tales have been featured in The Last Dram are Glencairn Glass Criminal Activity Short Story Competition runners-up and winners along with various other entrants whose tales thrilled the competitors judges.