Graeme Armstrong is a Scottish writer from Airdrie. His teenage years were spent within North Lanarkshire's gang culture. He was inspired to study English Literature following his reading of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting at just sixteen. Alongside overcoming his own struggles with drug addiction, alcohol abuse and violence, he defied expectation to read English as an undergraduate at the University of Stirling; where, after graduating with honours, he returned to study a Masters' in Creative Writing. There’s no getting away from it, the nights are fair drawing in. So embrace the falling leaves, cold …

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Literary ‘We created something unique which offered light among the shade’: Graeme Armstrong on Glasgow’s PCDJ music revolution 24/08/2021 Hayley Atwell, Bill Nighy, Mark Rylance & David Harewood Support Green Rider Launch for More Sustainable U.K. Film and TV Productions Armstrong encapsulates all of this perfectly. The mentality, the social insistence, the substances, the violence. He describes everything to the point of near nostalgia, yet adds explanations and added pressure which we never would have guessed our boys to be suffering; but, of course, they must have been. The drive of masculine conformity is a strong one, and dangerously precarious. Little Door Books was officially launched as an independent publisher in 2016. We work collaboratively with established and emerging authors and illustrators, offering them greater input in the creation of their high-quality, exciting, and ultimately b … And I know this world; I lived this world, and I knew my own town’s version of these guys. They were brilliant, hyper, hilarious, but always with a rippling undercurrent of unpredictability, always an unspoken knowledge between the lassies that despite how good the night is, if one of the boys decides to start, we boost.You write brilliantly about drugs and violence, both of which tend to lie outside the realm of language.… After a long hiatus - mainly due to work commitments - I have finally finished this Graeme Armstrong impressive debut. Not because it was no good. It is brilliant raw stuff, clearly drawn from his own teenage experiences as Armstrong used to form part of one of Glasgow's terrible gangs and drink and drugs and violence were his life ingredients.

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Armstrong added: “I am absolutely buzzing to be working with Claire Mundell at Synchronicity and the team to develop ‘The Young Team’ for the screen. Their understanding of the landscape, both geographical and cultural, has made for an exciting coming together of multiple talents. Screenwriter Ben Tagoe has first-hand understanding of the transition of U.K. youth culture from ’80s terrace casuals and rave pioneers into the new and darker world of ‘00s Scottish young team gang culture. So much more to this than the tale of ‘A Young Team’. An exceptional social commentary and a real look at the working class psyche and condition. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Young_Team_-_Graeme_Armstrong.pdf, The_Young_Team_-_Graeme_Armstrong.epubDespite the success of Irvine Welsh – “the toughest and roughest renderer of dialect I’ve ever read,” states Armstrong – publishers were still unsure if The Young Team could work outside a Scottish market. But the novel’s vernacular isn’t just a stylistic decision, it’s inseparable from Azzy’s – and Armstrong’s – world. “It’s the way I talk, the way I think and the language of my community.”