Books by james kelman

Sammy's had a bad week - his wallet's gone, along with his new shoes, he's been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the street - ... More

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Rejected by his brother and largely ignored by his parents, Kieron Smith finds comfort - and endless stories - in the home of his much-loved ... More

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Patrick Doyle is a 29 year old teacher in an ordinary school. Disaffected, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to ... More

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"The Good Times" was James Kelman's first work after winning the Booker Prize for his novel. How late it was, how late. The twenty first-person ... More

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Set in an unnamed place that appears to be under military rule, this novel comprises of various 'transcribed and/or translated' first-hand narratives ... More

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This is a brilliant collection of stories set in the tenements and cheap casinos of Glasgow, Manchester and London.

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Passionate, exhilarating and darkly humorous, "The Burn" is an extraordinary collection of short stories by a master of paranoia and an unsurpassed ... More

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This is James Kelman's first collection of short stories - as fresh and sharp as when they first appeared from US publisher "Puckerbrush Press". Set ... More

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James Kelman is justly celebrated as a major European novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Yet crucially his "artistry, authenticity and a ... More

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Here, for the first time in any audio form, AK Press Audio is proud to present award-winning revolutionary Scots writer James Kelman reading from a ... More

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This collection of 35 short stories has been personally selected by the author, culled from more than two decades of his work. All set in the working ... More

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Living in a bedsit, just coping with the boredom of being a busconductor, and fully aware that his plans to emigrate to Australia won't come to ... More

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Tammas is 20, a loner and a compulsive gambler. Unable to hold a job for long, his life revolves around Glasgow bars, home with his sister and ... More

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Giving voice to the dispossessed and crafting stories of lives on the edge, lives almost lost, lives held in the balance, James Kelman writes about ... More

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"Not Not While The Giro" is James Kelman's first major collection of short stories - originally published by Polygon in 1983. The reader follows the ... More

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A major new collection of essays from the Booker Prize-winning author of "How late it was, how late." This first non-fiction publication by James ... More

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Jeremiah Brown is a man of extremes. So when he nips out for a quick drink on the eve of returning to his native Scotland after twelve years in ... More

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In this remarkable collection of essays, James Kelman deals with a wide range of issues literary, artistic, political and philosophical - Russian ... More

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James Kelman's oblique, wry and open-ended short stories reveal him to be a master of the form and this selection offers some of his best work from ... More

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In "Mo Said She Was Quirky" James Kelman, the Booker prize-winning author of "How Late it Was, How Late", tells the story of Helen - a sister, a ... More

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In Where I Was, James Kelman introduces us to a superb collection of memorable characters, down on their luck but far from hopeless.

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