Authors back books for prisons plan

Hugh Andrew, of Edinburgh publisher Birlinn yesterday claimed the support of leading authors for a campaign to send unwanted stocks of books to prisons.

By The Newsroom

Published 25th Aug 2010, 16:00 BST

Updated 26th Aug 2010, 00:34 BST

Irvine Welsh, Ian Rankin and Alexander McCall Smith all back the project to improve jail libraries.