Live webchat: Iain Banks 8th July 2011 1pm-2pm

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I thought this might be of interest to some here :

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/jul/06/live-webchat-iain-banks

Live webchat: Iain Banks

The author will be joining us for a live webchat on Friday 8 July between 1 and 2pm. Post your questions now

After last week's fascinating live chat with Kate Pullinger, we're moving back across the Atlantic to spend some time with an author closer to home.

When we asked you whom you'd like to see more of on the site, one of the names that came up over and over was Iain Banks. And who are we to argue? Named by the Times as one of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945, his first novel, 1984's The Wasp Factory, established him as a fresh and remarkable voice in literary fiction. He continued to publish literary novels to great acclaim, but also, in 1987, ventured into SF with Consider Phlebas, his first novel on interstellar society the Culture, written under the name Iain M Banks. His 2004 SF novel, The Algebraist, was shortlisted for the Hugo award for best novel.

So there it is: our second ever author webchat, and you get two for the price of one. Both Iain Banks and Iain M Banks will be joining us for a live chat on Friday 8 July, between 1 and 2pm. Feel free to start posting your questions now, so Iain has plenty to get stuck into, and log back in on Friday to join in the conversation.

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