1. Irvine Welsh: Dead Men’s Trousers
We’ve all seen Ewan McGregor sprinting down an Edinburgh high street in the seminal 1996 film, Trainspotting. But if you haven’t read the novel that inspired this immortal scene—written by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh—then you’re missing a trick. And his latest book, Dead Men’s Trousers, revisits Leith’s most famous junkies to find out if, a quarter of a century later, age has made them any better behaved. In a session moderated by Hong Kong-based author and journalist Paul Kay, Welsh will talk about the original cult classic, its sequel, Porno, and what exactly Mark, Sick Boy, Begbie and Spud are up to now.
Nov 10, 2pm, JC Cube, Tai Kwun, HK$125