Sunday 27 February

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Sunday 27 February the dark ages

Chaired by Bryan Burnett

Four dark and thrilling tales from 500 years of history. From Sara Sheridan’s mysterious botanical Edinburgh of 1822 to the revolutionary intrigue of London in 1794 with Leonora Nattrass. And back to the sixteenth century with SW Perry’s The Heretic’s Mark and The Green Lady by Sue Lawrence, a tale of abduction and political turmoil, set within the beautiful wall’s of the North East’s Fyvie Castle.

10am-11am, Lemon Tree Lounge Tickets £9.50 11am-12pm, Central Library Tickets £3.50

Sunday 27 February storytelling with pauline

Join local storyteller Pauline Cordiner for some tales of thrilling thefts, vicious villains, pathetic pirates, dreadful deaths and maybe even some troublesome toilets! Pauline will tell traditional stories from the North-east of Scotland, Europe and around the world in this session suitable for children aged 5 and up.

Sunday 27 February unravelled

Chaired by Katie Goh

Two stunning novels inspired by found documents and intriguing clues. In Case Study, Graeme Macrae Burnet presents notebooks interspersed with his own biographical research into Collins Braithwaite. The result is a dazzling - and often wickedly humorous - meditation on the nature of sanity, identity and truth itself. In The Twyford Code, Janice Hallett uncovers the life story of a forgotten children’s writer, forty years after finding a book full of strange markings and annotations.

11:30am-12:30pm, Lemon Tree Studio Tickets £9.50 Sunday 27 February Chaired by Katalina Wattinfluencers, activists and rebels

Dead Lucky is Andreina Cordani’s second novel, a thriller set in the glamorous cutthroat world of influencers. In Green Rising by Lauren James we meet Gabrielle, a climate-change activist who shoots to fame as a teenager with supernatural abilities. And Laura Lam shares the explosive finale of the Sunday Times bestselling Seven Devils series. We are thrilled to welcome these three top young adult writers to Granite Noir for the first time.

2pm-3pm, Central Library Tickets £9.50

author conversation Sunday 27 February Chaired by Jacky Collins cold blooded scandi

We are once again delighted to welcome a panel of fabulous Scandinavian writers to Granite Noir. Dead of Winter is a thrilling new standalone suspense novel from award-winning Swedish writer Anders de la Motte. One of the fathers of the Nordic Noir genre, Kjell Ola Dahl paints a fascinating portrait of Oslo’s interwar years in The Assistant. Debut novel Reptile Memoirs is a biting and constantly shifting tale of family secrets, rebirth and the legacy of trauma, by Silje Ulstein.

1pm-2pm, Lemon Tree Studio Tickets £9.50

Sunday 27 February pandemic tales

Chaired by Katie Goh

Three perspectives. Three compelling tales. Catherine Ryan Howard’s pandemic thriller 56 Days has us wondering if lockdown has created the opportunity to commit the perfect crime. In How to Survive Everything, Ewan Morrison shows us one teenage girl’s survival guide for navigating life during a deadly pandemic. In The Health of Strangers, by Lesley Kelly, we meet the North Edinburgh Health Enforcement Team, an uneasy mix of seconded Police and health service staff working to stem the spread of a mutant virus.

3pm-4pm, Lemon Tree Studio Tickets £9.50

Sunday 27 February GRACE MCINTOSH: THE LIFE OF A VICTORIAN CRIMINAL

In association with Aberdeen Archives, Galleries and Museums Grace McIntosh was born on Jack’s Brae in Aberdeen, making her first court appearance in 1838 aged just 11. From then until her death in 1880, a vivid picture of her life has been recreated using evidence from original records. Her repeated trials and incarceration left a remarkable historical record of a life of poverty and desperation lived against the backdrop of the rapidly developing nineteenth century Granite City. A talk by Dr. Dee Hoole, (Hon. Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen) and Phil Astley (City Archivist, Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives).

4pm-5:30pm, Cowdray Hall Tickets FREE

Sunday 27 February Chaired by Sally Magnusson a sense of place

The scene of the crime can be an extension of the character involved and much of the action could not take place anywhere but the specific site of some stories. Get to know Logan MacRae’s Aberdeen, Harry McCoy’s Glasgow and Clare Mckay’s St Andrews as Sally Magnusson chats with Granite Noir ambassador Stuart MacBride, alongside Alan Parks and Marion Todd about their outstanding books and how their detectives have been shaped by the cities in which they are set.

5pm-6pm, Lemon Tree Studio Tickets £9.50

Sunday 27 February criminal tunes with the bbc big band

The world-renowned BBC Big Band return to Aberdeen with a spectacular musical finale to Granite Noir. Through the twentieth century and beyond, Jazz and Big Band music has become interlaced with the crime fiction and movie genres. This specially curated programme will include classic TV and movie sound-tracks such as Shaft, Mission Impossible, James Bond, The Pink Panther, and Catch Me If You Can - through to classic Big Band and Swing numbers inspired by all things crime (with a few surprises along the way!) - all performed in the BBC Big Band’s own inimitable style. “World-class musicians … a brilliant musical force” The Telegraph “A wonderful band!” Tony Bennett “They brilliantly continue the tradition of Big Band music. As such they are important, as well as marvellous!” Michael Parkinson

7:30pm, Music Hall Auditorium Tickets £15