Ian Rankin News

RANKIN LAUNCHES REBUSFEST: 30 YEARS OF A CRIME ICON   Ian Rankin and the Orion Publishing Group today announced plans to mark the thirtieth anniversary of John Rebus, one of crime fiction’s greatest and best-loved […]

  At Christmas I like to settle on the sofa with a good book, and while there’ll be new books to unwrap I also enjoy re-reading some favourites.  These might include Dylan Thomas’s delightful and […]

WATCH HIM READ FROM HIS NEW NOVEL

IAN’S NEW BOOK FEATURES A CASE THAT HAS LONG-NIGGLED AT REBUS

It’s nearly 30 years since Edinburgh detective John Rebus made his print debut in Knots and Crosses. To celebrate the publication of Ian Rankin’s 19th Rebus novel, Rather Be The Devil, the Orion Publishing Group is offering […]

2017 marks the thirtieth anniversary of one of crime fiction’s greatest characters, John Rebus, created by one of the world’s leading crime writers, Ian Rankin.   On 28th April the Orion Publishing Group announced news of […]

Stop press!   Ian has announced today that the title of his new novel will be Rather be the Devil.   John Rebus, now a couple of years into his retirement finds himself drawn into a […]

Ian Rankin’s Number 1 bestseller A Question of Blood has been dramatized for radio and will be broadcast in two parts. Tune to BBC Radio 4 on Saturday, 13 February from 14.30 to listen to the first part, then […]

WIN A SIGNED COPY OF EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD!   2015 is almost drawing to a close, and as a final treat, Ian has given us a round up of the books and music […]

  This week, Waterstones, the UK’s biggest bookseller announces its ‘Buy Books for Syria’ campaign, with the goal to raise one million pounds for Oxfam’s Syria Crisis Appeal.   From Thursday 1st October, Waterstones booksellers […]

IAN DISCUSSES HOW THE KEY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE CHANGED IN THIS NOVEL

Dark Road, Ian Rankin’s first stage play, is now available in paperback. First performed at Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre in 2013, it was co-written by the Royal Lyceum’s Artistic Director Mark Thomson. It’s been 25 […]