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The passion and beat of the lines are like the thunderous clapping of a chanting crowd. Read more
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[…] fable-like and pourquoi stories that are funny and entertaining, in which Gray demonstrates the breadth of his talent as a writer. Read more
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The book gives testament to the bravery of ordinary men and women […] who stood up to face legal threat and military violence in the face of famine and destitution. Read more
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‘This Is What You Get’ was named Scots Book o the Year 2025, at a ceremony in Dundee on the 6th of September Read more
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A Scotland-wide divide becomes apparent in the chipper. Read more
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writing has to be honest, and that genuine emotion has to come from the writer Read more
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It wasn’t just the Scots in which Irvine Welsh delivered Trainspotting and subsequent novels, it was the colloquial mannerisms, the vernacular of a demographic in a certain time and place. Read more
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Sometimes, when you hear a new song on the radio, you instantly recognise the guitar. Even if you’ve never heard the song before, you know the guitarist from the unique sound of their telecaster or from the way that they are picking the strings. Read more
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I can’t think of a more obvious way to be inspired to write than to love reading. Even if you have a story to tell, you must still need inspiration of how to tell that story? My mother encouraged me to read, and read I did. I love to read, I read every day and… Read more
