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Official sites, fan and author sites, interviews and notable features on particular authors.

A-F - G-L - M-R - S-Z

Iain Banks

Iain Banks official site - www.iainbanks.net
Includes author news and a discussion forum.

Interview with Iain Banks - www.spikemagazine.com/0996bank.htm
From Spike magazine

Profile of Iain Banks - books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-16,00.html
Guardian Unlimited books site.

J.M. Barrie

JM Barrie Society. - www.jmbarrie.net

Has photographs, articles and a discussion forum for Barrie students and fans, as well as full text of The Admirable Crichton, Dear Brutus, The Little White Bird and Margaret Ogilvy taken from Project Gutenberg.

George Douglas Brown

www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/george_douglas_brown.html
Brief biography by Andrew Crumney

John Buchan

John Buchan Society - www.johnbuchansociety.co.uk
Details of the societyÕs activities as well as a biography and bibliography of Buchan. Also has a list of published Buchan scholarship, together with sample articles online.

Robert Burns

Official Robert Burns Site - www.robertburns.org
Includes full text of the complete works of Burns along with translations, as well as the full text of the Burns encyclopaedia. Also has resources for schools or anyone doing a project on Burns.

Robert Burns from the NLS - www.nls.uk/burns/index.htm
Online exhibition on the life, work and legacy of Scotland's Bard, together with detail about original material in the Library's collections. Features audio clips.

Burns Night - www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/burnsnight
BBC Scotland's celebration of Burns Night. Includes a biography, a poetry guide and information on the traditions and recipes of Burns Night.

Robert Burns and Radicalism - www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/enlightenment/ features_enlightenment_radicals.shtml
BBC History feature about the influence of Burns on 18th-century radicalism in Scotland.

Iain Crichton Smith

www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/iain_crichton_smith.html
Biography by Andrew Crumney from 'Scottish Writers'.

The contribution of Iain Crichton Smith to Scottish literature - www.arts.gla.ac.uk/ScotLit/ASLS/ICSmith.html
Article for ScotLit by Edwin Morgan.

William Dunbar

www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/william_dunbar.html
Article on Dunbar from 'Scottish Writers' by Andrew Crumney.

Robert Fergusson

www.electricscotland.com/poetry/fergusson.htm
Article on Fergusson from Electric Scotland with links to e-texts.

Susan Ferrier

www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~crumey/susan_edmonstone_ferrier.html
Brief biography by Andrew Crumney.

Susan Edmonstone Ferrier - www.bartleby.com/222/1101.html
Article at bartleby.com on Ferrier from 'The Cambridge History of English and American Literature'.
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