profile picture

72656347

I am here for Friends

About Me

I wrote the novels The Incredible Adam Spark , Boyracers and Death of a Ladies' Man . Supposedly. You can read more about them on my website . And you can buy them HERE! This what some people had to say about the books, though, since it's only subjective opinion, there's no reason to believe them:"Out-Welshes Irvine Welsh. A ferociously-paced saga of Falkirk youth." (The Scotsman)"If James Kelman was 30 years younger, and had been exposed to the same pop culture detritus that Douglas Coupland was he'd be Alan Bissett." (Sunday Herald)"Scotland already has plenty of literary heroes, but it's found another in the incredible Alan Bissett. Book of the Fortnight" (Time Out)"A terrific yarn. Superb from start to finish" (FHM)"Brilliant and poignant. You can't put a barcode on a character like Adam Spark" (Sydney Morning Herald)"Adam Spark is a virtuoso literary creation. Bissett is taking his animated and emotionally raw prose to another level. This is a fresh and exciting read." (Scotland on Sunday)"Bissett's coloquial mastery sucker-punches you with effortless style. Bizarre, hilarious and moving." (The Big Issue)I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Stephen King, Bruce Springsteen, Bret Easton Ellis, Alison Goldfrapp

My Blog

Perfomance from my new one-woman show!

..TR> Bissett performs monologue from his one-woman show Hey grooversI will be performing a monologue from my freshly-written one-woman show called TIMES WHEN I BITE at Discombobulate, Glasgow's n...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:30:00 GMT

Discombobulate - Glasgow’s New Performance Literature and Comedy Night

Hey groovers - Discombobulate, Glasgow's freshest performance literature/comedy night, will be on again this Tuesday (8th) at the Centre for Contemporary Arts on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Our he...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:58:00 GMT

Check out this event: Reading at The Den, Falkirk, Thurs 26th June

Hosted By: Alan BissettWhen: 26 Jun 2008, 7.30pmWhere The DenManor StreetFalkirk, Scotland|71 FK11NUUnited KingdomDescription:Alan Bissett Click Here To View Event
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:50:00 GMT

News from Bissettworld

Hey groovers, Just to let you ken what's happening in the next coupla weeks.  Am off for a two week jaunt round the Highlands and Islands, to do readings in schools as far-flung as Tobermory, Oba...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:34:00 GMT

Winters Love Festival

Friday 14 Dec 2007, 18:00 Polish Club 37 Arnot St., FALKIRK, ScotlandCost : £5 In aid of Falkirk's Woman's Aid, one of Scotland's finest up-and-coming indie bands, Y'all Is Fantasy Island, curate...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:56:00 GMT

Weird-ass crazy tour

Hey groovers, Ach I just spent an hour typing out a REALLY big blog about what I've been upto and what I'm going to be upto and I just LOST it and it was really upbeat and hey! and ho! ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:00 GMT

Super Puny Humans - a death-defying team-up!

Hello people-who-like-reading,I got cocky after the Ballads of the Book CD and went and decided to go on tour - a proper tour! - with two Glasgow bands. The tour is next week and is called SUPER PUNY ...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:23:00 GMT

East K

East Kilbride looks like the place where Gregory's Girl was filmed.  It also looks like Hallglen, the scheme wot I did grow up in.  So for these reasons alone it's alright with me.  And...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:16:00 GMT

Flash Gordonstoun!

Just back from a quick tour of the Highlands, taking in Elgin (ah the smell of Joanna's, Elgin's premier 'nite-spot'), Buckie (which has the best school librarians in the world), the Black Isles ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:37:00 GMT

New York and then nothing

Returned to New York last month, this time for cat-sitting and tourism duties, instead of writer-type stuff.  It was 104 degrees.  We could barely leave the apartment, which was, i...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 08:04:00 GMT