They come from a land down under (the other one) and they bring with them terrific crime novels filled with a rich sense of culture and simmering with antipodean angst. Two of New Zealand’s finest writers are making the long trip to Bloody Scotland to discuss their work and their homeland. Vanda Symon is New Zealand’s modern Queen of Crime, and her seventh novel Prey is an electrifying thriller set on the streets of her home city of Dunedin. Award-winning writer and filmmaker Michael Bennett brings us Māori detective Hana Westerman in his second stunning crime novel Return to Blood. 

New Zealand author and reviewer Craig Sisterson will chair the event.