The interviews are from a variety of serial publications. Under each sequence the entries are arranged alphabetically by subtopic, if applicable, and then chronologically by date of publication.





Favourite Books. Folios 1-94.



Interviews with Ian Rankin about his favourite books. Folios 1-30.

‘Sunday Times’ 26 September 1999, about Rankin’s favourite books and characters in literature.

‘Good Book Guide’, March 2000, about Rankin’s favourite books. 2 copies, one original periodical, one photocopy. Includes letter to Rankin from the editor and branded bookmarks.

‘Go Off Route’, 2002, about Rankin’s reading habits and favourite novels.

‘Mail on Sunday’, 25 January 2004, about Rankin’s favourite books.

‘Daily Mail’, 7 March 2004, about his favourite crime novels.



Language and Literature. Folios 31-94.



‘Guardian’, 1 May 1999, about Scottish crime fiction.

Red Herrings’ magazine, Summer 1998, including quote from Rankin about winning the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger award.

‘Scotsman’, 22 October 2002, about the Scottish International Storytelling Festival and Rankin’s interest in storytelling.

‘Sesame’, Spring 2009, about the Open University.

‘Discover’, Spring 2015, about the Muriel Spark archive at the National Library of Scotland.



Music. Folios 95-183.



The Beatles. ‘Scotsman’, 7 April 2000, article about The Beatles, with quotes from Ian Rankin.

‘Times Weekend’, 8 April 2000, about Rankin’s favourite music shop Fopp Records, his interest in music, and Edinburgh.

‘Observer Music Monthly’, 4 January 2004, about Rankin’s music tastes, and those of his character Rebus and his son Jack.

‘Scotland on Sunday’, 6 August 2006, interview with Ian Rankin and Kenny Anderson (King Creosote) about music and their personal lives.

‘The Scene’ (magazine of BeanScene coffee shop), November 2007, about music.

‘Word’ magazine, March 2011, interview with Ian Rankin and The Phantom Band on their careers and other topics

‘Songlines’, November 2014, about Rankin’s music tastes. Includes CD (Folio 180).

‘Mail on Sunday’, 10 April 2016, about Rankin’s music collection.

‘Scotsman’, 2017, about his band Best Picture.



Travel. Folios 184-188.



‘Daily Mail’, 6 December 2003, about hitch-hiking.

‘Daily Telegraph’, 28 February 2004, about Rankin’s holidays.

‘Glasgow Evening Times’, 25 September 2004, about Rankin’s holidays.

‘Daily Express’, 24 January 2015, about Rankin’s travels.