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Welcome

The online home of Iain Banks and Iain M Banks

Between 1984 and 2013, Iain had 29 books published.

These span Fiction, Science Fiction set in The Culture, Science Fiction not set in The Culture, Short Stories, Non-Fiction, Poetry and Transition.

The Works
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The Estate of Iain Banks.

This is where to spend some quality time with Iain - both authors and the man himself.

New to Iain and his work?
We’ve created Breaking Into Banks just for you – it’ll explain everything!

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Latest News

Amazon MGM Studios has announced it will be developing a TV series based on Iain M. Banks' first Culture novel, Consider Phlebas.

Charles Yu (Interior Chinatown) is attached to write and executive produce. Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner (Plan B Entertainment) and Adele Banks are also attached as executive producers.

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If you think you’ve read everything Iain ever wrote, perhaps you’ll unearth some treasure in the pieces of original writing in Banks Accounts.

If you're here just for the books, check out The Works for all Iain's published writing.

In Archive you’ll find details of Iain’s official archive at Stirling University

In Memory Banks you'll find the messages sent by fans in the final months of Iain’s life.

The rest is all entirely self-explanatory.

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