Some of Scotland’s best known writers have passed on moving personal messages to Iain Banks after the novelist revealed he was dying of cancer.
We spoke to broadcaster James Naughtie, crime writers Denise Mina and Christopher Brookmyre, author/presenter Sandi Toksvig, Rab C Nesbitt creator Ian Pattison, Gaelic singer/writer Anne Lorne Gillies and scriptwriter Chris Dolan while they were appearing at Glasgow’s Aye Write! festival.
Banks, 59, announced earlier this month that he only had months to live after being diagnosed with cancer of the gall bladder, liver, pancreas and some lymph nodes.
The talented author had been scheduled to talk at the festival about his latest book, The Hydrogen Sonata. However, he has now cancelled all public appearances and recently married his partner, Adele Hartley.
A tribute page where fans can leave messages for Banks has now been set up through his official website.
His last book, The Quarry, is expected to be published by Little Brown on June 20.
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