William Angus McIlvanney (25 November 1936 – 5 December 2015) was a Scottish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He was known as Gus by friends and...
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Stuart Chair in Scottish studies at the university. He is the son of William McIlvanney. Notable students include author Majella Cullinane. All the Colours...
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(1934–2019), Scottish sports journalist Liam McIlvanney, Scottish-born crime fiction writer and academic William McIlvanney (1936–2015), Scottish novelist, short...
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writers. William McIlvanney, who wrote three crime novels, the first being Laidlaw in 1977, is considered the father of the genre. William McIlvanney (whose...
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Bloody Scotland (redirect from McIlvanney Prize)
festival awards The McIlvanney Prize for "the best Scottish Crime book of the year" (so named in 2016 for writer William McIlvanney (1936-2015), who has...
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2016 at the age of 82. McIlvanney was born on 2 February 1934 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, to William and Helen McIlvanney (née Montgomery). He had...
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Laidlaw (novel) (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
Laidlaw is the first novel of a series of crime books by William McIlvanney, first published in 1977. It features the eponymous detective in his attempts...
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a draft by William McIlvanney, a prequel telling the story of an early case of McIlvanney's fictional detective Jack Laidlaw. McIlvanney, whom Rankin...
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played the lead in the BBC Scotland feature-length adaptation of the William McIlvanney short story "Dreaming" (1990). Bremner portrayed Spud in Danny Boyle's...
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Ennio Morricone. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by William McIlvanney. Set in a once prosperous mining community, now a ghost town, an unemployed...
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The Dark Remains (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
crime novel of the tartan noir genre set in Glasgow. Part-written by William McIlvanney who left a half-finished handwritten draft when he died in 2015, the...
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Weekend, a 1991 British novel by Helen Zahavi Weekend (novel), 2006, by William McIlvanney Weekend (Ceylonese newspaper) Weekend (magazine) (1951–1979), a Canadian...
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"Ferris heads back to jail". BBC. 3 May 2002. Retrieved 5 June 2007. William McIlvanney (5 May 2002). "Gangs grab a piece of the consumer society". The Scotsman...
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collection of photographs by Oscar Marzaroli including an essay by William McIlvanney Shades of Grey, a 2009 novel by Jasper Fforde Shades of Grey (Al Grey...
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Docherty (novel) (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
Docherty is the third novel by William McIlvanney, first published in 1975. The book is set in a fictional mining town in Scotland in the early part of...
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journalist William McIlvanney; writer, born 1936 and known for his series of books Laidlaw James McKie, printer and publisher Colin Mochrie; comedian William and...
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to house these schools on the newly formed William Mcilvanney campus, named after the late William McIlvanney who was born in Kilmarnock and best-selling...
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The Big Man (novel) (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
The Big Man is a novel by William McIlvanney published in 1986 based on real life miner and bare knuckle boxer Thomas Tallen. The book was adapted into...
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Weekend (novel) (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
Weekend is a novel by the Scottish writer William McIlvanney published in 2006. Writing in the Guardian in 2006, Irvine Welsh describes the book as having...
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(Beneath Your Skin)" – 3:50 "Is It Cold Beneath the Hill?" (McIntosh, Prime, McIlvanney) – 3:57 "Circus Lights (Acoustic Version)" – 2:56 "Trampolene"...
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McDowall (1986–), winner of Britain's Got Talent in 2011 Hugh McIlvanney MBE (1934–2019), Sports Journalist, born in Kilmarnock. William McIlvanney (1936–2015)...
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individuals received both Gold and Silver Dagger awards: Colin Dexter James H. McClure Sara Paretsky Anthony Price Peter Lovesey Ruth Rendell Ngaio Marsh was...
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and stage plays. Writers who contributed plays to the series included Ian McEwan, John Osborne, Dennis Potter, Stephen Poliakoff, Sir David Hare, Willy...
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Remedy is None (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
writer William McIlvanney, first published in 1966, and republished in 2014. The novel won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1967. "William McIlvanney Interview"...
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was featured in Eddie McConnell's lyrical documentary The Line to Skye (1973) with commentary by Scottish writer William McIlvanney, commissioned as part...
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Seymour The Glory Boys Trevanian The Main 1978 William H. Hallahan Catch Me: Kill Me Winner William McIlvanney Laidlaw Shortlist Martin Cruz Smith Nightwing...
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trio "Kiln" (poem), an Ancient Greek poem The Kiln, a 1996 novel by William McIlvanney Kiln People, a 2002 science fiction novel by David Brin KILN-LP (99...
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Strange Loyalties (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
Strange Loyalties is a 1991 crime novel by William McIlvanney. This book is the third in the series featuring the character Laidlaw. This series of books...
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The Papers of Tony Veitch (category Novels by William McIlvanney)
The Papers of Tony Veitch is a crime novel by William McIlvanney. This book is the second in the series featuring the character Laidlaw. This series of...
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James Kelman A. L. Kennedy Hardeep Singh Kohli Liz Lochhead Val McDermid William McIlvanney George Monbiot James Robertson Angus Roxburgh Charles Stross...
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