Come to Scotland for a taste of the fictional world of Scottish mystery, crime, and suspense novels. Tour the Highlands, spend four days in Edinburgh, visit Glasgow, and attend the first ever "Bloody Scotland" festival in Stirling. This 14-day tour features talks by Scottish mystery and crime writers as well as visits to sites made famous in mystery and crime novels. We will also visit non-mystery-fiction sites, including castles and museums. A special feature of the tour is attendance at the inaugural Bloody Scotland festival, with talks and sessions by both Scottish and international mystery and crime writers. Participants fly into either Edinburgh or Glasgow airports on the morning of September 4, where they will be met and transported to Inverness for the start of a never-to-be-forgotten tour of Scotland.

Program Leader: Kathy Ackley, Professor Emerita of English, taught at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for 24 years before her retirement. She has led ten summer Mystery and Crime Writers programs and has made more than 30 trips to England.

Tour Organizer: Nicky Godfrey-Evans is a Blue Badge Guide who has been creating tours in Britain for 24 years. This is the 3rd tour that she has organized in conjunction with Kathy and UWSP’s Continuing Education Office

Blue Badge Guide: Iris Barry, who resides in Fife, Scotland, is also an archaeologist and a historian. She has been an educational guide since 1985. Iris previously accompanied Kathy’s Devon and Cornwall tour in 2010.

FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL KATHY ACKLEY (kackley@kconline.com) or KIM O'FLAHERTY (koflaher@uwsp.edu)