“My first book was supported by JK Rowling and Irvine Welsh and that made a load of difference in terms of legitimising me in the eyes of people who had never heard of me or who had heard of me and thought: ‘Is he not just some rapper guy?’

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23679428.darren-mcgarvey-why-uk-bin-fire-/?ref=rss

“We’re currently working on the scripts, which are being written by Irvine Welsh and Jenni Fagan, and hope to start shooting sometime next year.

Source: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/robert-carlyle-talks-begbie-return-30955023