Ian Rankin

Fans of the long-running series of Ian Rankin detective stories will need little introduction to the sub-genre of Tartan Noir, a specifically Caledonian brand of granitic hard-edged crime fiction set in Scotland, and often drawing on the poverty and brutality of parts of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and other darker urban quarters  North of the border. Its [...]

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Celebrated Scottish writer Ian Rankin has added his voice to a call to action from the UK Society of Authors in Scotland against proposed funding cutbacks by Edinburgh City Council that include “sharing a school librarian between two schools.” Rankin’s comment on the call to action notice puts the issue in a nutshell: “Proposing to [...]

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For book lovers, turning the final page of a thrilling read can be a bittersweet experience. Now bookshops are capitalising on readers' appetite for extra pages to boost their fight back against the online retailers threatening their future, by signing up big name authors to pen bonus material exclusively for their customers. Fans of Chocolat author Joanne Harris who buy her follow-up novel, Peaches For Monsieur Le Curé, from Waterstone's will find it includes an extra chapter not available to those who snap up their copy at a reduced rate …