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Popular north-east crime writing festival launches virtual event A popular north-east crime writing festival is back for its fifth year but this time it has gone online. Granite Noir, Aberdeen's international festival, returns this weekend with a mix of live and pre-recorded author conversations, workshops and events.  It runs from tonight until Sunday with the likes of Val McDermid, Peter May, David Baldacci, Aberdeen's Stuart MacBride, Iain Rankin and Isla Tranquair.  All events are available to watch free of charge with the streams or videos being available on demand after...

Stuart MacBride tells crime-fiction fans what not to miss as Aberdeen's Granite Noir festival gets ready to kick off with big name authors.

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Updated: 18/02/2021, 9:26 am Granite Noir has unveiled a glittering line-up of world-class crime writers – including Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Jo Nesbo and David Baldacci – when it returns next month. While Aberdeen’s award-winning crime writing festival is moving online due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers say its mix of live streaming and pre-recorded messages offers the best of Granite Noir and hope it can reach an even wider audience when it runs from February 19 to February 21. Jane Spiers, chief executive of Aberdeen Performing Arts, which produces the event, said: “Obvio...

More than 260,000 books borrowed from north-east libraries in 2020 © PRESS AND JOURNAL Sharon Jamieson, Live Life Aberdeenshire Libraries and Information services manager. Picture by Kami Thomson. North-east libraries loaned out nearly 270,000 books last year – with a story about schoolgirl looking into a historic murder case and a child’s take on the refugee crisis among the top titles. The most popular book borrowed at Aberdeenshire Council libraries was  A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. While, the second most popular book was The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onja...