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James Kelman (born in Glasgow) is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize with How late it was, how late and aroused something of a controversy in doing so: one of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, called the book 'a disgrace' when it was announced that Kelman had won. In 1998 Kelman was awarded the Scotland on Sunday/Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award.
Awards: Saltire (2012), Booker (1994), James Tait Black (1989) see all
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Novels
The Bus Conductor Hines (1984)
A Chancer (1985)
Greyhound for Breakfast (1987)
A Disaffection (1989)
How Late It Was, How Late (1994)
The Good Times (1998)
Translated Accounts (2001)
You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free (2004)
Kieron Smith, Boy (2008)
Mo Said She Was Quirky (2012)
Dirt Road (2016)
God's Teeth and Other Phenomena (2020)
A Chancer (1985)
Greyhound for Breakfast (1987)
A Disaffection (1989)
How Late It Was, How Late (1994)
The Good Times (1998)
Translated Accounts (2001)
You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free (2004)
Kieron Smith, Boy (2008)
Mo Said She Was Quirky (2012)
Dirt Road (2016)
God's Teeth and Other Phenomena (2020)
Collections
An Old Pub Near the Angel (1973)
Not, Not While the Giro (1983)
Lean Tales (1985) (with Alasdair Gray and Agnes Owens)
The Burn (1991)
Hardie and Baird and Other Plays (1991)
Essays and Stories (1995)
Seven Stories (1997)
Selected Stories (2001)
If it is Your Life (2010)
A Lean Third (2014)
That Was a Shiver (2017)
Keep Moving and No Questions (2023)
Not, Not While the Giro (1983)
Lean Tales (1985) (with Alasdair Gray and Agnes Owens)
The Burn (1991)
Hardie and Baird and Other Plays (1991)
Essays and Stories (1995)
Seven Stories (1997)
Selected Stories (2001)
If it is Your Life (2010)
A Lean Third (2014)
That Was a Shiver (2017)
Keep Moving and No Questions (2023)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by James Kelman
Nova Scotia Vol 2. (2024)
New Speculative Fiction From Scotland
(Nova Scotia, book 2)
edited by
Neil Williamson and Andrew J Wilson
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