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Attention, budding writers: Ian Rankin has bad news for you
27 Jun 2025 08:16 GMT
Popular Edinburgh scribbler Ian Rankin declares: “I’m writing a book. It doesn’t …
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I love the Scottish bookshop that only sells romantic fiction
01 Jul 2025 18:32 GMT
… Edinburgh you’ll find Book Lovers Bookshop, which was the first … Lighthouse Books in Edinburgh. Sci-fi, comics and graphic novels? Hit … bevvy of heavy hitters – Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Alan Parks … Bishop, whose Cesare Aldo novels are set in Renaissance …
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Author Liam McIlvanney longlisted for book prize named after his father
01 Jul 2025 08:39 GMT
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Author Liam McIlvanney is among those … his father, along with Sir Ian Rankin, Denise Mina and others.
… this excellent crop of crime novels.”
The winner of the … chosen by a panel of booksellers, librarians, broadcasters and bloggers. …
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Fife College launches book Winning Voices to celebrate 20 years of Ian Rankin Scholarship
17 Jun 2025 14:33 GMT
Sir Ian Rankin, world-renowned author of the famous Rebus series of books, recently visited … ’ve been working on a novel for a couple of years … that my work’s been published too.”
Lyn Gold, Scholarship and …
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Sir Ian Rankin puts his John Rebus character on hold
12 Jun 2025 22:32 GMT
Sir Ian Rankin has announced that his most … Midnight and Blue, published last year, the author has no plans to … , Rankin revealed that his upcoming book will delve into London’s … and has appeared in 25 novels in total, as well as …
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Bloody Scotland crime writing festival line-up unveiled with Sir Ian Rankin at helm
12 Jun 2025 14:43 GMT
… turned their hands to writing books, and a bunch of … roll on September."
Sir Ian Rankin, appearing alongside the aforementioned authors … , head of literature and publishing at Creative Scotland, praised … to find their next favourite book."
Due to run …
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Rebus may return in future, Sir Ian Rankin says
12 Jun 2025 13:46 GMT
Crime writer Sir Ian Rankin has said he hopes his … next book.
Rebus featured in Midnight and Blue which was published in … : “There isn’t a Rebus novel this year. The TV show … working on a new book which will be published in October next …
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New sponsor Ian Rankin helps Edinburgh International Book Festival bounce back
10 Jun 2025 09:42 GMT
… author Jenny Colgan is a new sponsor of the Edinburgh International Book … Edinburgh-based best-selling author, Jenny Colgan, is also … been supportive this year.
“Ian Rankin is such a citizen … the biggest names in publishing, politics and commentary that …
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Dear Library, thanks for a lifetime of enjoyment with books
23 Jun 2025 07:00 GMT
… over Jean Plaidy’s historical novels or losing myself in F … I too would be an author. At the ripe old age … of non-fiction.
My first book, published at the peak of the … as by famous authors including Ian Rankin and Val McDermid.
Of course …
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Ian Rankin named 1966 crime book was one of his favourites of all time
28 May 2025 13:17 GMT
… Ian Rankin picks a book, it’s never random. The bestselling author … of the Rebus novels … enormously morally complex, this novel, because what we learn … Georges Simenon - novelists skilled at crafting morally …