07/01/2011
Edi Stark presents a collection of her own interviews with great novelists such as Ian Rankin, Alasdair Gray, James Kelman, Val McDermid, Jessie Kesson and Christopher Brookmyre.
Edi Stark goes back through the archives of her own conversation programme Stark Talk to revisit a number of interviews she has conducted with great novelists.
Among the guests assembled here are Ian Rankin (Inspector Rebus novels), Alasdair Gray (Lanark), Iain Banks, (The Crow Road, The Wasp Factory), James Kelman (How Late It Was, How Late), Bernard MacLaverty (Cal, Grace Notes), Christopher Brookmyre (A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away, All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses An Eye), Val McDermid (Lyndsay Gordon novels, Wire In The Blood), Jessie Kesson (Another Time, Another Place), Duncan McLean (Bunker Man), George MacDonald Fraser (The Flashman novels) and Marian Keyes (Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married).
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Stark Talk: Ian Rankin
The creator of the Inspector Rebus novels describes his journey to the top of the literary world.
Duration: 26:51
Stark Talk: Alasdair Gray
The author regarded by many as Scotland's greatest living novelist chats to Edi Stark about his career in 2008.
Duration: 27:45
The Slice: Jessie Kesson
The writer of much-loved novels The White Bird Passes and Another Time, Another Place looks back on her life in 1993.
Duration: 39:03
Stark Talk: Iain Banks
The celebrated realist and science fiction author discusses his life as a novelist with Edi Stark in May 2010.
Duration: 28:37
Stark Talk: James Kelman
The Booker Prize-winning author describes the influence of Glasgow on his writing and his uncomfortable relationship with the literary world.
Duration: 28:50
Stark Talk: Bernard MacLaverty
The Northern Irish novelist and poet reflects on his writing career with Edi Stark in 1997, the year he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
Duration: 26:34
Stark Talk: Christopher Brookmyre
The author of novels A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away and All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses An Eye discusses the motivation for his darkly comic writing.
Duration: 28:32
Stark Talk: Val McDermid
The crime writer regarded as the first lady of Tartan Noir looks back on her career in writing with Edi Stark in 2008.
Duration: 28:52
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Truths: Duncan McLean
The author of the Bunker Man novel invites Edi Stark into his home to discuss some of the objects that reflect his journey through life.
Duration: 39:22
Stark Talk: George MacDonald Fraser
The creator of the Flashman Diaries looks back on how his military career influenced his life as an internationally best-selling author.
Duration: 27:07
Stark Talk: Marian Keyes
The Irish chick-lit novelist discusses how her writing reflects her own struggles with alcoholism and depression.
Duration: 28:13
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- Fri 7 Jan 2011 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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