BOOKER Prize-winner James Kelman has turned down an invitation to speak at the Writers' Conference at the Edinburgh International Book Festival because it is organised by the British Council, which he wants nothing to do with.
Kelman, who is the only Scot to have won the Booker Prize, with How Late It Was, How Late in 1994, said the thought of the British Council's involvement in the conference made him feel "nauseous".
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