It will present more than 15 new operas, including an adaptation of Iain Banks' cult novel, The Wasp Factory.

BBC: Royal Opera House announces contemporary projects

And a number of tweets direct people back to Iain Banks' own website where they can add their own thoughts.

BBC: 'Iain Banks' bad news travels fast'

For example, publisher Little, Brown launched an iPhone app in July that accompanies the latest book Transition of best-selling author Iain Banks.

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Fans and friends alike have a chance to show their support now, with the humour and warmth Iain Banks has always been famous for.

BBC: 'Iain Banks' bad news travels fast'

With Twitter, even swifter, and no less shocking when the news came today that one of its best known writers, Iain Banks has terminal cancer.

BBC: 'Iain Banks' bad news travels fast'

Popular Scottish science fiction author, Iain M(enzies) Banks, who also writes mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks (no M), has been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer, and according to his statement, has only a few months to live.

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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said directing people to food banks was a short-term method of alleviating their financial problems.

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