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Iain Banks poems to be published posthumously (BBC)
A first collection of poetry by Scottish author Iain Banks will be published in February 2015, a year and a half on from his death last June.
Publisher Little, Brown said the book will also feature poems by his friend, fellow Scottish author Ken Macleod, who will edit the collection.
The Wasp Factory author was 59 when he died, two months after announcing he had terminal gall bladder cancer.
Banks' final novel The Quarry was published 11 days after his death.
An announcement on his website on Sunday said the "much loved and admired author... would have celebrated his 60th birthday today."
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26256247