Mcilvanney wins award named after his father

Author Liam Mcilvanney has been announced as the winner of an award for Scottish crime writing named in honour of his late father.

Mcilvanney won the The Mcilvanney Prize 2018 for Scottish Crime Book of the Year – renamed in memory of his father William – for his novel The Quaker.

The winner was kept under wraps until the ceremony last night at the Bloody Scotland Festival. Susan Calman, who was a member of the judging panel alongside Craig Sisterson and Alison Flood, said: “The Quaker was, for me, the stand out book from the longlist.

“It’s one of those novels that as soon as I finished it, I looked forward to reading it again.”

Following the ceremony, guests formed a torchlight procession through the streets of Stirling led by Val Mcdermid, Denise Mina and this year’s prize winner Liam Mcilvanney.