Irvine Welsh talks Renton, Sick Boy and ‘Trainspotting USA’
September 23, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Two years after “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh moved to the United States, his infamous imaginary Scottish working-class heroin addicts are now descending upon America. Continue Reading
North Dakota legislator and author Eliot Glassheim said he was feeling frustrated with what he was hearing on some radio talk shows when he began research for his latest book, “Sweet Land of Decency: America’s Quest for a More Perfect Union.”
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Scott Alan Roberts hates conspiracy theories. So, it’s ironic he wrote two books that take this focus.
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Former North Dakota U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan is a co-author of a new ‘eco-thriller’ novel, “Blowout,” that details a fictional attempt to sabotage alternative energy development in western North Dakota. For Dorgan, an author of two non-fiction books, it is his first novel.
Retired North Dakota U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan will celebrate his latest book with an appearance and book signing at 7 p.m. Monday at Barnes and Noble bookstore in Fargo.
The author of mega-selling “Harry Potter” series has an agreement with Little, Brown in the United States and Britain to publish her first novels for grownups. The title, release date and details about the novel, long rumored, were not announced today. 
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