Play a part in Irvine Welsh's new novel

AUTHOR Irvine Welsh is to give fans the chance to name one of the new characters in his forthcoming prequel to the hit novel Trainspotting.

Skagboys is due to hit the shelves in April 2012 and goes back into the past of the now- famous heroin addicts in Leith.

The opportunity to become part of the storyline is up for grabs in order to raise money for a children's charity. Scottish Love in Action (SLA) cares for destitute children in India and is running the competition as well as putting on a special screening of the classic film followed by a Q&A with Welsh.

Welsh said that it was his own experiences in India that led him to support the Scottish charity.

The competition can be entered at www.sla-india.org.