When

you don’t know who to trust

Moderated by Lisa de Nikolits

You’d expect to be safe in your own home, but real-life murder statistics say the opposite Thriller-writers Shari Lapena, Gilly MacMillan and Louise Mangos discuss how they use the characters, settings and events of family life to add a dark twist to their tales with fellow author

Lisa de Nikolits

Keeping it real

Moderated by Iain Souter

Police Procedural authors Mari Hannah, Margaret Kirk and Tim Sullivan talk to real life (retired) police detective Iain Souter about how they research and recreate realistic police work, and when and why they sometimes have to get it wrong .

 Mareel, Auditorium

 Friday 16 June, 11.30am - 12.30pm

 For Noir & Fri Card holders

How to: Sense of place

In our ‘How to’ sessions, Shetland Noir guests share their wisdom and advice on the world of writing and publishing – with a chance for you to join in and ask questions . Finding your character and your story in your sense of place with Shona Maclean The workshop will use visual prompts to explore how character and story can evolve from our reaction to place. For all sorts of fiction writing, not exclusively crime . No previous writing experience is required . For Shona’s biography please see page 18 .

 Mareel, Auditorium

 Friday 16 June, 1.30pm - 2.30pm

 For Noir & Fri Card holders

Real Shetland Noir: Fighting crime Shetland style

In these sessions, hear from local experts about real life crime and crime-fighting in the UK’s most northerly locations . Former detective Iain Souter talks about his time policing Shetland’s wild and windy shores Over the past 20 years, Iain has been a detective for the Northern Constabulary and an Assistant Service Delivery Officer with Victim Support Scotland, he currently enjoys working as a Librarian at the Shetland Library .

 Mareel, Green Room

 Friday 16 June, 3pm - 4.30pm

 For Noir Card holders (priority booking)

 Mareel, Auditorium

 Friday 16 June, 3.30pm - 4.30pm

 For Noir & Fri Card holders

In Conversation: Carole Johnstone

Interviewed by Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves talks to Carole Johnstone , winner of the Shetland Noir Bursary, an award supported by Ann for a writer who is already getting into their stride, working at their craft and improving with every novel

Carole Johnstone grew up in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and in her twenties relocated to Essex to work as a radiographer . She has been writing as long as she can remember and is an award-winning short story writer She now writes full-time and lives with her husband in an old farmhouse outside Glasgow, though her heart belongs to the sea and the wild islands of the Outer Hebrides .

Mareel, Auditorium

 Friday 16 June, 5pm - 6pm

 For Noir & Fri Card holders or £15/£10

In Conversation: Val McDermid

Interviewed by Stewart Bain

Stewart Bain sits down with ‘Queen of Crime’, Val McDermid , one of the most successful and acclaimed crime fiction writers that has emerged from Scotland . Val has sold over 17 million books to date across the globe and is translated into more than 40 languages She is perhaps best-known for her Wire in the Blood series, featuring clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan .

Stewart Bain spent 14 years working at Orkney Library & Archive, where he launched the award winning @OrkneyLibrary Twitter feed and ran the Saturday Slaughters crime fiction reading group He has judged the Dagger in the Library Award, The McIlvanney Prize and is a regular contributor to The Graham Norton Book Club Podcast .

Mareel, Auditorium

 Friday 16 June, 8pm - 9pm

 For Noir & Fri Card holders or £15/£10

Thursday 15 June

WELCOME RECEPTION

Friday 16 June

SPEED DATIN G, CRIME WRITER STYLE!

IN CONVERSATION: MARTIN EDWARDS

PANEL: WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHO TO TRUST

PANEL: KEEPING IT REAL

HOW TO: SENSE OF PLACE

REAL SHETLAND NOIR: FIGHTING CRIME SHETLAND STYLE

IN CONVERSATION: CAROLE JOHNSTON

IN CONVERSATION: VAL MCDERMID

Saturday 17 June

LOCAL WRITERS’ SESSION

IN CONVERSATION: ELLY GRIFFITHS

PANEL: GROUND-TRUTHING

PANEL: TRAVELLING IN TIME

HOW TO: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EDITED

PANEL: CRIME ON DISTANT SHORES

IN CONVERSATION: RICHARD OSMAN

SUPPER DANCE

FI LM SCREENING: T HE THIRD MAN

SUNDAY 18 JUNE

IN CONVERSATION: D R J AMES GRIEVE

PANEL: NOT QUITE SO NOIR

HOW TO: HOWDUNNIT - WAYS TO PLOT AND STRUCTURE A PAGE-TURNING

.45am -

.15pm

PANEL: OLD BONES

REAL SHETLAND NOIR: THE FOX LANE MURDERS OF 1858

IN CONVERSATION: SHONA MACLEAN

AND THEN THERE WERE NONE... FINAL FUN & FAREWELLS