Scottish Scholars & Secrets: Developments of Dark Academia in Edinburgh

Natasha Anderson finds roots of Dark Academia running through Edinburgh’s gothic literary traditions, in works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark, & Ian Rankin

12/18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpagiSHK78

#Scottish #literature #MurielSpark #20thCentury #WomenWriters #gothic #DarkAcademia #RobertLouisStevenson #IanRankin #Edinburgh

Reading Scotland with Natasha Anderson

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It wouldn't be the festive season in #Bruntsfield without a visit from
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
!

He walked here, he said it's good for his elf (yes, we went there, let the festive puns flow).

Signed books & Rebus jigsaws await you!

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon #CrimeFiction #RomanPolicier #IanRankin #author #auteur #elf #ChristmasElf #Christmas #Noel

Ian Rankins neuer Rebus-Krimi „Die dunkelste Stunde der Nacht“ verbindet Gefängnisspannung mit einem rätselhaften Vermisstenfall. Solide erzählt und klassisch Rankin.
Rezension von Sabine Sürder: https://schreiblust-leselust.de

#Krimi #IanRankin #Buchtipp #Rebus #Goldmann

Hide and Seek

Historia: 📝📝📝📝
Prosa: 🎬🎬🎬
Valoración general: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Segunda parte de la saga John Rebus.
A esta saga llegué a través del número diez, Almas Muertas, de 1999, que yo descubrí hace tan sólo unos años. A partir de esa novela entré de lleno en el mundo narrativo de Ian Rankin, leyendo los siguientes números y otros spin off. Pero este año he decidido empezar las que me faltan en orden. Ya posteé por aquí el primero, Knots and Crosses, que aunque no estaba mal globalmente sí era un desastre en muchos aspectos narrativos.
En esta segunda entrega se nota una evolución en el estilo, aunque ni de lejos -y como es lógico- llega al excelente nivel que tiene este autor en estos momentos. Los diálogos aún están muy por detrás de la frescura y naturalidad de sus novelas más recientes y sigue cometiendo el mismo error del primer volumen de querer contar demasiado con demasiados protagonistas.
#novelanegra #ianrankin

Novela de 1990
Editorial: Orión (2008)
261 páginas
Autor: Ian Rankin

Scottish Scholars & Secrets: Developments of Dark Academia in Edinburgh – from 24 June 2025

Natasha Anderson finds roots of Dark Academia running through Edinburgh’s gothic literary traditions, in works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark, & Ian Rankin

@litstudies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahpagiSHK78

#Scottish #literature #gothic #Edinburgh #DarkAcademia #RobertLouisStevenson #MurielSpark #IanRankin

Reading Scotland with Natasha Anderson

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Scottish Scholars & Secrets: Developments of Dark Academia in Edinburgh
24 June, free online

Natasha Anderson finds roots of Dark Academia running through Edinburgh’s gothic literary traditions, in works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark, & Ian Rankin.

Part of Reading Scotland from Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

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https://www.scotland.uni-mainz.de/reading-scotland/

#Scottish #literature #gothic #DarkAcademia #Edinburgh #RobertLouisStevenson #MurielSpark #IanRankin

Rebus swaps pubs for bars!

Ian Rankin's latest Rebus novel, Midnight and Blue (published by Orion Books), is out in paperback, with our detective facing time in the Clink - right alongside many of the criminals he sent to the Big House in previous years...

#books #livres #CrimeNovel #RomanPolicier #IanRankin #ScottishCrime #ScottishLiterature #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Rebus #IanRankin #bookstodon

BookBlog - The Hanging Garden

Many thanks to Ian Rankin for kindly signing a stack of Midnight and Blue today! He's now currently spinning the vinyl at our neighbouring Thorne Records for the evening!

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #MidnightAndBlue #IanRankin #Author #auteur #CrimeFiction #RomansPoliciers #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

Taken this day, 2020, who was that masked man? https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/50727200993/

Ian Rankin signing in @TheEdinburghBookshop - Ian will be siging there again Tues 17th, 4-5pm, then DJing afterwards at nearby Thorne Records

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #Bruntsfield #photography #IanRankin #author #auteur #bookshop #librairie #bookstodon

Who Was That Masked Man

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