lAlN M. BANKS
WILL BE SIGNING COPIES OF ‘~ HIS NEw BOOK _
THE STATE"
OF THE ART
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U S E O F » WEAPONS
I _ IN PAPERBACK. : ' IATTHE FOLLOWING:
‘WATERSTONE’S l3-l4 Princes Street, Edinburgh on: Saturday 23rd March ‘ from lpm-me
- JOHN 5mm & son ‘
57-“ St. Vincent Street, Glasgow I on Friday 29th March r . ’ i from lpm-me
,WATERSTONE’S
is 40 Princes Square, Glasgow on Friday 29th” March from 1pm-9prn ' Iain M. Banks will be reading ' from his new book as well as signing copies at this venue
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l68 Buchanan Street, Glasgow on Saturday 30thMarch from lpmszpm
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BACK LIST
BOOKS
SOUNDTRACK
I The Singing Tree 1’eter' Moss (Bloomsbury. {13.99) An aged rubber planter. a Swastika scarred on his chest. squats in a derelict mansion deep in the Brazilian jungle. awaiting his Nemesis. Meanwhile. in a surreal son et lumrere playroom with its grand piano and advancing jungle. he escapes into a surrogate childhood via Eduardo. the infant son of his lridian servants.
Once the youngest station master in (iermany. Kristian Ilardy (alias Kurt Ilellmann) had an upwardly- mobile career transporting faceless ‘thousands who shuffled past in the dim lights ofthe marshalling yards‘ to the gas chambers. Ilalf a century later. he is held in thrall by the nightmare of ‘what 1 did’.
The arrival of a beautiful. gun-totinglewess. ostensibly hunting butterflies. promises long-awaited retribution. but absolution. iii the form of sex and a ('hrist-like self-sacrifice. are tempting alternatives.
Ari entrancing narrative. it gently.
mesmerises as it reels and steadies. sleepwalks and starts in cold sweats
at the deranged horror enacted in the
name of idealism. (Julie Bertagna)
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
I The Truth Of Stone David s. Mackenzie (Mainstream £12.99) A
skeleton with aclub foot. a missing curling stone and mysterious goings-on in the Scottish hinterlands
rub literary shoulders with truth. reality. fiction and identity in the hands ofoscillating narrators and a plot which zips tip and down the century between Britain and Naples in Mackenzie‘s excellent The Truth ()fSImir’.
The principal narrator makes his intentions clear from page one: the above magic-realist themes will be
used and abused to fashion a novel of
depth and mystery.
This is a story where the reader is immediately and inexorably involved in the speculations concerning the disappearance and death ofthe main character. lilsie
McAndrew by a direct style which is
simultaneously disarming and absorbing. (Ann Donald)
ISCOTTISH ARTS COUNCILWRITERS' BURSARIES
.Xiiiiiiigtoprovide writer's whoai'e either resident in Scotland or Scottish by birth
with an opportunity to deyelop their work.
the latest bI-annual bursaries hay e been announcedasfollows. ( 'athei me ( "/erkaw ska Uif N “I. May Id
Irrikelsteiri LII If N I. ( 'rraharii I-ulton L31“). Barry (ir'ahani LofNIft, Joseph \fills {RUIN}.
('hr Istopher Rush W H “and I Iiintei Steele Lilli“.
GLASGOW
I MARCH HARES FESTIVAL Br iriging together established authorsaiidlocal writers in a \ ariety of events. someof
EVENTS
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which are for my ited audiencesl veryone
is welcome to attnend those listed below. Information from lanet I’aisley on (141 433 Hun, MOD Samuel Dow is. 0" \Ilhstlale Road. I’ollokshields. “.f‘flpni. 511p Words and Music. Special tesfiy a1 edition of the popular per‘for'riiarice club features Scottish poets .lariet Paisley and .-\ndrcw (ir‘ieg. Southside \Vriters' group read from their new ‘Sideways' anthology
Tue 261 angsidel Ibrary . I Sinclair Street. iifijrislri. 1 ~1pni. I‘rec. Poems. Poems. Poems’f‘he Scottish Poetry I Ibrary hits tow n. bringing w ItIi thcrii an e\1ell\f\e range of their books. pamphlets. tapesand
y ideos, '1 cssa Rarisford. poet and director of the SH will be on hand to answer any queries.
ThursZBtioyanhilll ibrar'y. ITHI angside
Road. 43: (1335. Taillpm. I'r‘ee
Bookmark Reading. I’ocf tom l’ow and
new Scottish writer :\n\ ar' Is'han read from their work in the fifth montth Bookmark reading. I BELLSHILL CULTURAL CENTRE Saf2311amirec. Internationally known. (ilasgow -bor'n poet Edwin Morgan w Ill read from his work.
I JOHN SMITH AND SON (GLASGOW) LTD 5“ St Vincent Street. oh 231 “.1”:
Wed 27 b.311prii. David Grossman w Ill be in the store to read from and siin copiesof l/ieSnir/euf Ilze [aim/i (.1oriathari(‘ape {I3 W)
Fri 29 lpni. Iain M. Banks signs copies of his new science fiction title. I/ii'SrurcrifI/ie .'ll'lf()f‘lill. LIZU‘II. (serif lieu/rims. Banks' most recent science fiction title is now in paperback published by ( )r‘bit at LEW).
I WATERSTONES 1’r‘inces Square. 231 ‘)(i511.
Fri 29 “pin. Iain M. Banks See .Ioliii Sriiith and Son ((ilasgow i [id .iboy c-
I VIRGIN MEGASTORE .'\1II\ 1e Street. 331 :fill(\_
Thurs 281pm John Densmore. former member of Ilic 1)oor's. w ill be signing copies of his biography . Rulers on the Storm ( Bloomsbury I which tells the story
of the band's success and his relationship
with Jim Morrison.
I FORBIDDEN PLANET IoS Buchanan Street. 331 1215.
Saf301 3pm IainM.Banks Scclohn SrnithandSon((ilasgow)1tdaboye.
I Glasgow Comic Art Convention t ‘riy Ilall. (‘andleriggs Info: I-r‘ank I’Iowiight oanl 551,:fifv“,
Saf31/Sun1 I)oorsopen Ifl .‘iflani Sat. Pay
at the door: 115 (weekend); Llfliday)
both prices include “I-page sorry eriir booklet. '1 his year 's convention guests. wliowill take part in interviews. panel discussions and signing sessions. include :\lan ( ifatll. (‘olin MachII. .Ioliri
\\ agner . Steve ( icrber and ( ‘hr'Is (‘laremorit Thousands of old and new
comics w ill be on sale and many publishers
w ill be present to look at sariiplesantl announce their latest publications
EDINBURGH
I THE POETRY ASSOCIATION OF SCOTLAND I“ ( ieorge Square Information onIISI 3345 5241.
Wed 27 T ~15pni :‘snriual subscription L5. Single riiecting £1(free).'Ionight‘sguest
is William Scammell.('uriibriari-based poet. best know n for free thought in strict verse form. I I“ l~11’rrnccs Street. 550 Sim Saf231 3pm. Iain M. Banks pops In fora lunchtime signing session to promote his new science fiction novel. [Iii-Slate rift/re sir! ( ( )r'bit. £13115) llis last science fiction title. ( 'ir'ofll'eu/nniy is now available in l paperback (()rbit. f“ WW)