Every character you write is a part of you

As he returns with an immediate sequel to Trainspotting, and a sell-out appearance at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Irvine Welsh reveals why the time was right to revisit his most famous story

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AS FOR the writing, he explains: “I sit down and suddenly they start to tell me what they are doing. That’s a good thing for a writer, because they write the book for you. You don’t really have to think too much, your subconscious is doing all the heavy lifting.”