Tag Archive | "Ian Rankin"

Ian Rankin talks Dark Entries

Friday, June 24, 2011

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Leon Hawthorne talks to bestselling novelist and lifelong comics fan Ian Rankin about his graphic novel debut, Dark Entries: Ian Rankin from LEON HAWTHORNE on Vimeo.

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Ian Rankin writes for new Clint

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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(Ian Rankin signing Dark Entries in the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet, pic from my Flickr) Bestselling crime author and longtime comics fan Ian Rankin has turned his hand to comics writing once more. As regular readers will know Ian penned a well-received standalone Hellblazer tale Dark Entries for DC’s Vertigo the other year, now he has [...]

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Ian Rankin and Andy Diggle at Lancaster Lit Fest

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Ian Rankin and Andy Diggle will be discussing comics writing during the Lancaster Literary Festival next month. The pair will be appearing on Thursday 21st of October (details here); the Lancaster Literary Festival runs from the 15th to the 24th of October, check the site for more details of all events. Andy will also be [...]

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Bastille Day

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Since today is the 14th of July (le quatorze Juillet), which marks the Fête Nationale – more commonly known as Bastille Day in the Anglophone world – we thought that was a perfect excuse (not that we need one, usually) to celebrate some of the great comics work which comes out of the French language [...]

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Best of the Year: Ian Rankin’s selection

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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Today’s blog guest for the Best of the Year was also a recent guest in our Edinburgh store where he signed copies of his debut graphic novel, Dark Entries. Creator of the internationally bestselling Inspector Rebus novels and a regular on shows like Late Night Review and the Culture Show, as well as stout supporter [...]

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More Ian Rankin pics

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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Photographer Kenny Mathieson took some great shots of Amanda Palmer when she was delighting fans in our Edinburgh store during the Festival and was kind enough to share some with us; Kenny also swung by to take some more photos last week when Ian Rankin paid us a visit and again he’s been generous enough [...]

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Ian Rankin signing in Edinburgh

Friday, December 11, 2009

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We had the pleasure of hosting bestselling author Ian Rankin in the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet last night, signing copies of his debut graphic novel Dark Entries, which sees John Constantine involved in a demonic reality show (what do you mean, all reality shows are secretly demonic?) for a delighted crowd of readers (click the pics [...]

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Reminder – Ian Rankin signing in Edinburgh tomorrow

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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For readers in and around Edinburgh, remember tomorrow evening we have bestselling author Ian Rankin coming in to sign copies of his comics debut Dark Entries from 5 to 7pm on our branch in Southbridge, just a haggis-toss from the Royal Mile, so please do come along (the event is free but ticketed, check with [...]

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Ian Rankin signing in FP Edinburgh this week

Monday, December 7, 2009

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A reminder that this week we have internationally bestselling author Ian Rankin coming into our Edinburgh branch (40-41 South Bridge, just a moment’s walk from the historic Royal Mile). A lifelong comics fan, the creator of the incredibly successful Rebus novels will be here to sign copies of his comics debut Dark Entries, which sees [...]

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Ian Rankin signing in Edinburgh

Friday, October 30, 2009

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I’m delighted to say that international best-selling author Ian Rankin will be in the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet International on Thursday the 10th of December from 5 to 7pm to sign copies of his comics debut with John Constantine, Dark Entries. You will need a ticket, but these are available free from the store (the event [...]

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Neil Gaiman, Denise Mina and Ian Rankin at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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As regular readers will know I was lucky enough to be at the sold-out event with Neil Gaiman and Ian Rankin discussing writing comics and prose, chaired by Denise Mina, herself no stranger to writing for both prose and graphical fiction, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this summer, which was a terrific gig (see [...]

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Ian Rankin and Neil Gaiman at the Edinburgh Book Fest

Friday, August 21, 2009

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Its summer in Scotland but last night you could almost mistake it for autumn – sunny, but cool and even evidence of chestnuts appearing on the trees. Still, a pleasant evening to walk towards Edinburgh’s elegant Georgian New Town (like the Old Town designated a UN World Heritage Site), bells pealing from the distinctive three-spired [...]

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