http://ewanmorrison.com The Author's Blog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:46:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday 5th July. 'Ewan Morrison has swiftly established himself as the foremost chronicler of the more perplexing and unconventional contemporary relationships… Ménage is an accomplished, often poignant, novel. …the novel strives to go beyond corrosive irony and world-weary cynicism to recapture a sense of the possibilities of ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2010/02/01/menage-reviews/ DISTANCE - Ewan's second Novel - the story of a long distance relationship - was released on June 29th (Jonathan Cape) The Times **** "A writer of serious intent and prodigious talent...In lesser hands, the besotted dialogues and communications between Tom and Meg might begin to grate, but here ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2008/08/12/reviews-distance/ ' A writer of serious intent and prodigious talent. It's not easy to write about passionate love, but Morrison is completely convincing in that respect. In lesser hands, the besotted dialogues and communications between Tom and Meg might begin to grate, but here the author makes them utterly compelling. ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2008/06/19/reviews-2/ PRIZE NOMINATION - LE PRINCE MAURICE SWUNG has been long listed for the bi-annual literary prize known as Le Prince Maurice. On the longlist of nine authors are included, James Meek, Ali Smith, Jim Croce and Scarlett Thomas. The winner of the award gets to spend a month in Le ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2008/02/01/ewan-news-feb-2008/ GUARDIAN 21 April 2007 - Review by IRVINE WELSH http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2061343,00.html ARTICLES: WEEK - 7th to 14th April THE SCOTSMAN. Saturday 7th April. Scottish Exclusive - cover story. Article on Ewan Morrison and swinging in Scotland. Lee Randal. www.scotsman.com http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=515012007 THE SUNDAY HERALD. Sunday 8th April. SULTAN OF SWING, Profile on Ewan Morrison. Peter Ross. www.sundayherald.com http://www.sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.1315049.0.sultan_of_swing.php Interviews also ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2007/04/02/links-to-press-articles/ This is where you write things, and Ewan maybe answers you... All comments are moderated to avoid spam - so they will not appear instantly. Your details will not be published aside from your having the option to add a web link, reached by clicking on your name. Your email address will only ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2007/03/20/your-views/ SWUNG: The Novel Ewan Morrison's first novel SWUNG (Jonathan Cape) was published on April 5th 2007 PRAISE FOR SWUNG "Sometimes - very rarely - a book is just so good that a string of gushing superlatives still seem to be damning it with feint praise. Swung is that kind of a novel, genuinely ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2007/03/17/swung-the-novel/ SWUNG OPTIONED BY SIGMA FILMS Swung has been optioned by Gillian Berrie and (The Director) David Mackenzie's independent Glasgow based production company Sigma Films. David’s new film Hallum Foe (another literary adaptation starring Jamie Bell) has just premiered to rapturous reviews at the Berlin Film Festival, and Red Road written and ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2007/03/17/swung-film-rights-news/ "A mini masterpiece. I loved every story. Beautifully, wittily, ferociously and tenderly written. Fantastic." Chris Dolan, Author: Ascension Day "The Last Book You Read and Other Stories' skilfully evinces the spiritual desolation and desperation, the intense sexual parabolae, of life in the echo chamber that is advanced capitalist society. Yet sewn subtly ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2006/04/18/new-author-reviews/ Aug 2006. Edinburgh International Book Festival. Reading of new writing with Laura Hird. 18th August 2006. 10.15 am. May 2006. UNESCO City of Literature. Writers residency in Varuna, Australia in conjunction with Edinburgh City of Literature. A one month residency/ exchange. The Scottish writer Dilys Rose will also be ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2006/04/12/ewan-morrison-diary-05-06/ Praise for The Last Book You Read "Set in Manhattan and Glasgow, these sleek, stylish and sexually explicit fables of modern anomie, mark the debut of Morrison - there is a complex and restless intelligence at work here, expressing compound thoughts in simple sentences that flow beautifully. It's like someone you ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2005/11/03/reviews/ Since August 2007, Ewan has been writing a humourous weekly column for Scotland on Sunday under the names Weegie Bored and Last Tango in Partick. You can find them on the SOS wesbite - there's an archive down the bottom right hand column. or click on the following links, ... http://ewanmorrison.com/2005/08/25/sos-column/