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Ian Rankin Awarded the Audible Sounds of Crime Award

Ian Rankin was awarded the Audible Sounds of Crime Award at the CrimeFest Awards Gala Dinner on Saturday.
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Posted on: Monday, June 03, 2013

Jennifer Byrne Interviews Ian Rankin

In this memorable interview with Jennifer Byrne, Ian Rankin discusses everything from his hometown and his family to his best loved character, Rebus.
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Posted on: Friday, May 31, 2013

RANKIN RETURNS WITH A NEW REBUS NOVEL

Ian Rankin announced today that his new novel will be entitled Saints of the Shadow Bible, and will feature his long running series character John Rebus.
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Posted on: Monday, April 15, 2013

Details of Ian Rankin's Next Novel Coming Monday 15 April

IAN RANKIN will be at Waterstones Inverness on Monday 15 April, for a special event to reveal details of his new novel.
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Posted on: Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Doors Open on ITV December 26th, and The Best-Of List for 2012

December Newsletter features info on Doors Open and the Best-of list for 2012
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Posted on: Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ian wins at Specsavers National Book Awards

Ian took home an Outstanding Achievement Award at the annual celebration of the best of British writing and publishing
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Posted on: Monday, December 10, 2012

Ian Rankin's new novel sees the return of Malcolm Fox

Ian Rankin's stunning new novel The Impossible Dead will see the return of Malcolm Fox from the Complaints: the Internal Affairs department in the Edinburgh police.
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Posted on: Monday, April 18, 2011

Ian Rankin's Guide to Edinburgh - Special winter edition now available to download FREE on iTunes

Orion Publishing are delighted to announce the release of 'Ian Rankin's Guide to Edinburgh' - a free iPhone app available now to download from the iTunes app store...
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Posted on: Thursday, December 09, 2010

Read Ian's latest newsletter

Ian's summer newsletter is now available to read.
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Posted on: Monday, August 02, 2010

Ian inducted into ITV3 Crime Awards Hall of Fame

Congratulations to Ian on his induction into the ITV3 Crime Awards Hall of Fame...
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Posted on: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Pics from Ian's Gateshead event

Ian had a very successful event in Gateshead on 9th September with over 150 eager fans...take a look at the photos!
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Posted on: Thursday, October 01, 2009

Ian's favourite films

Take a look at the films that have changed Ian's life - as featured on The Guardian website...
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Posted on: Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ian's graphic novel, Dark Entries, on sale 19th August

Ian has collaborated with comic illustrator and artist Werther Dell'Edera to create a graphic novel starring Hellblazer's John Constantine...
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Posted on: Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Ian's events at the Edinburgh Book Festival

Ian will be appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival and you can see him at several other events throughout August...
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Posted on: Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Read Ian's latest newsletter!

Take a look at Ian's May newsletter and find out what he's been working on...
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Posted on: Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Read an extract of the upcoming short novel A Cool Head

We've got an exclusive extract of A Cool Head, Ian's short novel published in March for World Book Day...
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Posted on: Friday, January 23, 2009

New Ian Rankin short novel published for World Book Day

For those of us who love a good book but struggle to find the time, Quick Reads provide the perfect solution, with short, fast-paced books by bestselling writers and well known personalities. This year, Ian has written a Quick Read novel, entitled A Cool Head....
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Posted on: Friday, January 09, 2009

Ian's December newsletter - read it now

Read Ian's rundown of 2008 and his album picks of the year in his latest website newsletter...
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Posted on: Friday, December 05, 2008

Ian is Whole Story Audio's Author of the Month

Whole Story Audio, exclusive publishers of Ian Rankin's unabridged audio books, have selected Ian to be their Author of the Month for December. To celebrate this they are offering 20% off all of Ian's audio titles...
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Posted on: Friday, November 28, 2008

Ian wins Author of the Year at the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards!

It was a brilliant night for Ian at the inaugural ITV3 CRIME THRILLER AWARDS, where be beat off stiff competition from Lee Child, Robert Harris and Peter James to win AUTHOR OF THE YEAR for Exit Music!
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Posted on: Friday, October 10, 2008

Publicity starts for Doors Open - more Rankin events

Ian starts his publicity tour for Doors Open next week and will be doing signings and events across the country kicking off with Waterstones Leadenhall Market on Tuesday 16 September and ending with Ian directing a weekend of talks at the Cheltenham Literary Festival on the weekend of 18 and 19 October...
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Posted on: Friday, September 12, 2008

Free Knots And Crosses download with the Sunday Times this week

All readers of The Sunday Times on Sunday 7th Septmeber will be offered a free audio download of Knots and Crosses...
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Posted on: Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Exit Music out in paperback on 7th August

The paperback version of Exit Music, Ian Rankin's new Rebus novel, will be available in good UK bookstores from the 7th August.
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Posted on: Friday, August 01, 2008

Doors Open out in hardback on 16th September

Ian Rankin's new book Doors Open will be available in bookstores across the UK on Saturday 16th September. The new book is Ian's first stand-alone thriller for over a decade.
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Posted on: Friday, August 01, 2008

Rankin opera performed at Riverside studios, London

Riverside Studios will celebrate it's 10th anniversary with a festival of wild new work
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Posted on: Friday, August 01, 2008

New look for Ian's website

www.ianrankin.net has relaunched with a fresh new look and even more info on Ian Rankin
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Posted on: Friday, August 01, 2008

Exit Music has been nominated

Exit Music has been nominated for the Books Direct Crime Thriller of the Year for the 2008 Galaxy British Book Awards.
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Posted on: Thursday, March 20, 2008