Article: BANKS UP A CROW ROAD; Scots author misses US trip in passport protest.(News)

Article: Scots author shapes up for top sci-fi awards event
Evening Times;  March 29, 2005 ;     317 words ...SCOTS author Iain Banks is in the running for the title of best science fiction writer of the year. Banks, best known as author of The Crow Road, was nominated for his work The Algebraist. The winner will be announced ...

Article: Complicity the key as The Crow Road leads back to ...
The Scotsman;  February 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... whom starred in his Scottish BAFTA-winning adaptation of The Crow Road for BBC Scotland. Despite its accolades and critical acclaim ... all. I would argue that one of the reasons people liked The Crow Road was because it was about attractive, middle-class people ...

Article: Three chances left for axiom elegance; Crow Road ...
Evening Times;  June 8, 2004 ;     565 words ... ... west end, with almost every property at Park Lane's new Crow Road development selling within days of going on the market. The ... located opposite the Sainsbury's superstore and retail park in Crow Road, consists of just 24 stylish homes with options containing ...

Article: BUNGLE IN THE JUNGLE; Dougray Scott found life tough in the ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 18, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... football heroes ... to survive a TV hell. The star of The Crow Road and Soldier, Soldier faced his most physically demanding role ... between two years of non-stop work for Dougray. Apart from The Crow Road, which is tipped to collect top awards, he filmed Twin Town ...

Article: Video of the week: The Crow Road
Scotland on Sunday;  January 31, 1999 ;     343 words ... ... agonies of love and confusion.This compelling saga combines a thrilling mystery with razor sharp humour. What with all these ghosts, dead fathers, unrequited lovers and wicked uncles around The Crow Road could almost be a latter-day Hamlet.

Article: At the end of the Crow Road
The Independent - London;  November 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... substances." That was what I quoted him saying, anyway. Only later did I discover my mistake. The book was actually called The Crow Road (an old Scottish metaphor for death), and was responsible for introducing Banks to a mainstream audience. Now that the ...

Article: It'll be weird to watch myself on telly this Xmas; Crow ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... no hopers trying to make a name for themselves in the music world. But the tall svelte brunette, who shot to fame in The Crow Road, actually sings and writes her own songs in real life. Thirtysomething Valerie, who is notoriously publicity shy, was brought ...