* How the bookshop chain killed bookselling Nov 13, 2009
Hamilton cites the example of the crime novelist Ian Rankin. Rankin was selling nothing at all for the first few novels he wrote, but publishers knew he would take off and so they kept with him. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Dan Browns worst sentences (or at least twenty of them) Sep 19, 2009
Some *good* page-turning thrillers are: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith, Knots & Crosses by Ian Rankin, and Archangel by Robert Harris. Instead of buying Dan Brown's latest, I'd urge anyone to try one of those. (Harper's Magazine)
Mystery of which author is Oxfam's 'most donated' solved Aug 21, 2009
John Grisham, Ian Rankin, Danielle Steel and Helen Fielding were the other high-profile authors to achieve the dubious honour of making the top five. But Brown can take comfort in knowing Oxfam's survey also revealed him to be its second most purchased author. (BBC News -- UK)
Life writes its way into character Apr 20, 2009
The early works of P. D. James and Ian Rankin are among Corris's favourite contemporary crime fiction and he admires the Australian writers Peter Temple and Gabrielle Lord. He doesn't read crime classics much any more but Chandler remains a literary hero. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A new ethos for the still-endangered Walrus Feb 28, 2009
The event netted $180,000, with $16,000 coming from an auction of 45 bottles containing autographs and secret messages on the meaning of life from such celebrities as Sir Richard Branson, Sarah, Duchess of York, Ian Rankin, Douglas Coupland and Lewis Lapham. (A crystal decanter filled with five predictions hand-written by Margaret Atwood was auctioned for $7,000. (Globe and Mail)
Too much crust, not enough filling? Feb 14, 2009
If, like me, you lean to the dark crime writing of Scotland's Ian Rankin or Sweden's Henning Mankell, you may find Flavia unsatisfyingly thin. There must be an appeal, though, as Bradley pocketed the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger Award and has sold this sweetness in 12 countries already. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
