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Ian Rankin: We authors should write for modern attention spans
27 Oct 2025 13:41 GMT
… to try harder,” said Sir Ian Rankin. “They’ve got to pull … away from it.”
The Scottish author, 65, thinks that writers need … Rebus crime novels, Rankin has sold more than 35 million books and … he did before becoming an author.
Although he is associated with …
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Carroll County Public Library new book list
22 Oct 2025 14:24 GMT
… Peterson
“The Amazing Wheat Book,” by LeArta Moulton
“Mountain … Between the Shelves: 4 Cozy Bookshop Mysteries”
“An Unexpected Grace …
“Midnight and Blue,” by Ian Rankin
“You Belong Here,” by … : An Unofficial Minecraft Creepypasta Novel,” by Ray Savage
“Hot …
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Scandal-hit National Library of Scotland refuse to discipline staff who threatened bosses into not displaying gender critical book
18 Oct 2025 14:02 GMT
… displaying a gender critical book. The taxpayer-funded quango … was published earlier this week which found that the book was … review and reinstated the book into the exhibition in … the essence of Ian Rankin's detective novels. The maze-like …
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Keep spreading the word and we can get people reading
27 Oct 2025 03:04 GMT
Sir Ian Rankin
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… , Katherine Rundell and, today, Sir Ian Rankin, we thank all the authors … in terms of money — to Bookbanks — and your time, to Coram … can do more by writing novels that are instantly engaging, thereby …
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The ever-candid, mischievous novelist, who has died age 88, was quizzed last year by celebrity fans
06 Oct 2025 17:03 GMT
… ,” says Olivia Laing, the novelist and cultural critic, who supplied … her pet cat in 1975
Ian Rankin, Author
Your books have given so much … to write a novel to sway the Booker judges, what do … say to my children [about publishing them]: “Darling, would you …
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Ian Rankin: Arts festivals are at risk if sponsors are targeted
10 Sep 2025 17:58 GMT
… notably the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s decision to … funding gap. However, the author cautioned against public funding as … just going to go.”
Ian Rankin and his wife Miranda Harvey … arts festivals, and particularly book festivals, were the ideal …
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Ian Rankin warns arts festivals are at risk of vanishing over 'grief' for sponsors
09 Sep 2025 13:04 GMT
… over corporate partnerships.
Ian Rankin is a guest programmer … support the Edinburgh International Book Festival after it … hundreds of authors and book industry workers threatening … targeted.
The Edinburgh International Book Festival secured an additional …
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Sir Ian Rankin among writers shortlisted for 2025 McIlvanney prize
05 Sep 2025 10:57 GMT
… shortlist of five books.
Crime writing legend Sir Ian Rankin is in … 2023, is up for his novel Paperboy, which the panel … praised as “a novel dripping with wicked black humour … McIlvanney are issued by independent publishing houses Pushkin Press, Viper …
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Sir Ian Rankin among five shortlisted for prestigious McIlvanney Prize
05 Sep 2025 10:51 GMT
… following the death of acclaimed author William McIlvaney, and his son … previously won it for his novel ‘The Quaker’ in 2018 and … of the Deid’ procession to Ian Rankin’s event at The Albert …
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Ian Rankin and Tariq Ashkanani among McIlvanney Prize 2025 shortlist
05 Sep 2025 08:29 GMT
Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Callum McSorley, Liam … prize, previously called Scottish Crime Book of the Year before being … the Deid" procession to Ian Rankin’s event at the Albert …