Ian Rankin: live from Dunfermline Carnegie Hall

About this episode

Nicola Meighan interviews Sir Ian Rankin about his career and influences, recorded live at Dunfermline Carnegie Hall.

Send us Fan Mail I’m delighted to be joined by one of our best-loved, and most successful writers, who’s sold over 30 million copies of his best-selling Rebus novels - not to mention theatre, TV and radio spin-offs, all based in Edinburgh. He’s also a broadcaster, a sometime rock ‘n’ roll star, and a Fifer with a fab taste in music - and a Knighthood to boot… He is of course Sir Ian Rankin, and this conversation was recorded at the Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline, as part of last year’s wo...

People in this episode

Host: Nicola Meighan

Guest: Ian Rankin

Topics covered

• literature
• interview
• Scottish culture
• writing
• music

Keywords

• Ian Rankin
• Rebus
• Scottish literature
• Carnegie Hall
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Carnegie Hall

Books & works: Rebus novels

Places: Dunfermline

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