Glass Bell Award Long List 2025 - Mystery Fanfare

Two of the twelve.

On his way back home Panzer made a stop at the Mystery Fanfare site. There with a little digging in the posts our illustrious kitty boy found a post about the Glass Bell Award.

 

Janet Rudolph's post has the long list nominees for the Glass Bell Award. The award is for excellence in storytelling.

 

Panzer says, "Of the twelve books nominated two are crime fiction."

 

Note: This is a very short post. You won't need to bring anything to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to  Glass Bell Award Long List

An Initial Cut of Falchions - The Rap Sheet

That's a lot of categories.

Panzer made a trip to The Rap Sheet site today. There he found a post about the Killer Nashville Silver Falcion Awards.

 

According to J. Kingston Pierce's post Killer Nashville has announced the short lists for each of the categories for the awards. Two of the categories are listed in the post and a link to the others is included at the end.

 

Panzer says, "There are 17 categories, so you'll need to follow the link to see them all."

 

Note: This is a short post. Bring a glass of lemonade to drink while you read the post. If you plan to follow the link also bring three chocolate chip cookies (biscuits) to snack on.

 

To read the post tootle over to Killer Nashville 

Killer Nashville Magazine July Issue Online

There is some interesting reading in there.

Today, Panzer found the new issue of Killer Nashville Magazine  is online.

 

The July issue includes an author interview, a new short story, poetry, and a writing craft article.

 

Note: You'll need to decide what to bring to snack on.

 

To read the new issue tootle over to Killer Nashville Magazine 

Announcing our Mclivanney Longlist - Bloody Scotland

This is their newsletter announcement.

The longlist, which is selected by an Academy composed of booksellers, librarians, bloggers and broadcasters, includes: 

Whispers of the Dead by Lin Anderson (Macmillan)
The Midnight King by Tariq Ashkanani (Viper)
The Dying Light by Daniel Aubrey (HarperNorth)
Carnival of Lies by D V Bishop (Macmillan)
Unsound by Heather Critchlow (Canelo)
The Moon's More Feeble Fire by Allan Gaw (Polygon)
The Good Father by Liam McIlvanney (Bonnier)
Paperboy by Callum McSorley (Pushkin Press)
The Good Liar by Denise Mina (Vintage)
Gunner by Alan Parks (John Murray)
The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry (Canongate)
Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin (Orion)
A Thief's Blood by Douglas Skelton (Canelo).

This year the prize will be judged by BBC Radio Scotland presenter, Nicola Meighan; Journalist, Arusa Qureshi and Crime Blogger, Gordon McGhie. 

The winner will be announced at our Prizes and Drinks Reception on Friday the 12th of September from 5.15pm, and will lead a ‘Day of the Deid’ procession to the Albert Halls, afterwards.