Welcome to the official homepage of award-winning author and playwright James Barclay. Click on the tabs above for all you need to know about James and his work and to get in touch with him. James's hilarious books and plays have taken the world to new heights of laughter for more than 40 years.

  His best-sellers include the Paras Over The Barras and The Bigot trilogies along with a long list of favourites including Oor Hoose, Aggie's Anniversary and Nippon Aboot. 

  And there's something for wide-eyed youngsters, too, in The Marvellous Adventures of Jominay Twitchnose. 

  James's laugh-a-minute plays regularly sell out Glasgow's famous Pavilion Theatre and have fans the length and breadth of Scotland rolling in the aisles. His heartwarming tales are also eagerly awaited by readers at Christmas and Easter. 

  The classics just keep on rolling off the production line - so there's always more laughter on the way!