Granite Noir 2026: A Grand Career To Date

Granite Noir 2026: A Grand Career To Date

Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of the UK’s brightest literary talents. His novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards 2017. The novels in Graeme’s Gorski trilogy have received widespread critical praise and have become cult-like classics in several countries for their multilayered references and metafictional elements. He has also authored the latest book in Polygon’s bestselling and critically acclaimed Darkland Tales series. A brooding atmospheric tale of murder and conspiracy, set on the Hebridean island of Benbecula. 

We’ll be taking an in-depth look at his career to date and sure to be hearing about what’s next on the horizon for Graeme.  

Chaired by Fiona Stalker 

Graeme Macrae Burnet

Graeme Macrae Burnet is one of the UK’s brightest literary talents. His second novel, His Bloody Project, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2016, won the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year Award 2016, and was shortlisted for the LA Times Book Awards 2017. It has been published around the world. His fourth novel, Case Study, was longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022. The two previous novels in Graeme’s Gorski trilogy have also received widespread critical praise and have become cult-like classics in several countries for their multi-layered references and metafictional elements.

Fiona Stalker

Fiona Stalker is a Senior Presenter and Reporter at BBC Scotland. She presents programme across TV & radio including Drivetime and The Sunday Show on BBC Radio Scotland and Seven Days on the BBC Scotland channel . Fiona spent many years as a reporter within Aberdeen newsroom. She previously worked for Reuters as Scotland Correspondent, lectured in journalism, and managed her own media training company.