Crime writing festival growing in popularity

Rothesay’s crime writing festival, Bute Noir, expanded by more than 50 per cent this year bringing around 250 visitors to the island specifically for the event, organisers said.

Held over three days in August, this year 26 authors including international best-sellers such as Ian Rankin, Ann Cleeves and Christopher Brookmyre made the journey to host a series of writing workshops and author events.

Overall, 1,800 admissions to events were recorded and organiser Karen Latto said she was delighted to see it grow in popularity.