Review discusses the author's documentary-style writing and obsession with drugs in this collection of three novellas.

Irvine Welsh's novel of a sleazy cop is featured, including the opening chapter and a brief synopsis of the story.

Internet Movie Database provides a full profile on this 1996 film, which was originally written as a play by the author. See viewer comments.

Investigate various interviews and articles relating to the warts-and-all novelist from the files of Spike Magazine.

Get a review of "Ecstasy," a collection of stories by the author, and learn how he captures the dialogue of modern London. Offers related links.

Find an overview of this 1996 novel, in which the author writes with his celebrated ear for vernacular speech. Link to synopses of other work.

Christopher Kemp chats with the "Trainspotting" author about his new character-based novel "Glue," his use of phonetic vernacular Scottish, and his literary influences.

Listen to the author read an excerpt from his novel "Glue" about four friends growing up poor in Edinburgh.

Read about one's critic's disappointment with this Scottish playwright's work "Headstate." Get a description of its plot and literary themes.

Discover an essay on modern Scottish writers, with a focus on the vernacular-style of this author. Provides a list of links to resources.