New Writing North

Legendary sci-fi writer Iain M Banks came to The Sage Gateshead to introduce the latest novel in his best-selling Culture series: Surface Detail. An acclaimed and best-selling writer of both mainstream fiction (as Iain Banks) and science-fiction (as Iain M Banks), Iain talked to Durham University's Simon James about his sci-fi writing and read from Surface Detail, as well as taking questions from the audience and signing copies of his books after the event.