Big hitters including Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid feature on the longlist for the 2018 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin, Christopher Brookmyre and Karen Campbell are among the 150 Scottish authors, journalists and activists calling on the Scottish Government to bring forward a bill to reform defamation law in Scotland. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roddy Doyle, Ian Rankin and Salman Rushdie are some of the authors revealed on the line-up at the Times and the Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Martina Cole's Betrayal (Headline) has swiped the UK Official Top 50 number one spot from Ian Rankin's Rather Be the Devil (Orion). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin has brought David Walliams’ reign in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot to an end, after four weeks. Rather be the Devil (Orion), the 21st John Rebus title, leapfrogged The World’s Worst Children 2 (HarperCollins Children's) to swipe the top spot. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
He has sold more than 20 million books and is one of the most respected crime writers in the world, but Ian Rankin still feels like an imposter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lee Child, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid have all been longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Martina Cole and Mark Billingham are among the stellar names lined up for the fifth Bloody Scotland festival in Stirling. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld is to republish 1970s crime classic The Last Good Kiss by the late James Crumley, with a new introduction by Ian Rankin. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish authors Val McDermid and Ian Rankin have expressed their anger at Fife council’s plans to close 16 libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Judith Kerr’s beloved picture book cat, killed off in 2002 and now revived for charity, has topped the UK book chartsJudith Kerr’s resurrection of her beloved cat Mog, 13 years after she was killed off in Goodbye Mog, has shot to the top of the UK book charts, beating names including David... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors including Joanne Harris, Malorie Blackman and Neil Gaiman have joined the council of the Society of Authors (SoA). Other new members are Roger McGough, Ian Rankin, Anne Sebba and Sarah Waters. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new Rebus novel by Ian Rankin will be published this autumn. Orion Fiction m.d. Jon Wood bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Even Dogs in the Wild, Rankin’s 20th Rebus novel, and one other book from Peter Robinson of Rogers, Coleridge & White. Rankin teased fans on Twitter earlier this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a week when Scots went to the polls to vote on independence, Ian Rankin's referendum-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette finance chief plays down effect of Amazon tactics as parent Lagardère reports 1% overall dip in salesThe Hachette publishing group has reported a fall in ebook sales as it continues its battle with Amazon over pricing.The publisher of Ian Rankin and Booker prize nominee Joshua Ferris... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dispute has also dragged in authors including JK Rowling and James PattersonIt is another mystery for inspector Rebus to solve. Why is Amazon UK selling Saints of the Shadow Bible, the latest instalment of Ian Rankin's best-selling series about the Edinburgh sleuth, for half the price being... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin, A L Kennedy, Andrew O'Hagan, Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Don Paterson and Robin... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ian Rankin, Robert Harris and Val McDermid are on the longlist for this year's Theakstons Old... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 08:25 Alan Hollinghurst, whose novel The Stranger's Child was a surprise omission from the Man Booker shortlist this year, has been shortlisted for an award at the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011, with works by Ian Rankin and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 14/09/2011 - 08:55 Authors including Neil Gaiman and Ian Rankin will collaborate with the public in a short story "Tweetathon" organised by the Society of Authors. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]