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Edinburgh Book Festival reveals first events for 2024
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has corralled some hugely popular authors for its new programme The Front List, with Richard Osman, Salman Rushdie and Dolly Alderton among the best-sellers due to appear at McEwan Hall Read more »| 16 Apr 2024 -
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Devorah Baum, Alva Gotby and Sophie K Rosa on what radical love looks like
Ahead of their event at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, we ask authors Devorah Baum, Alva Gotby and Sophie K Rosa about their most utopian imagination of what love can look like Read more »| 09 Aug 2023 -
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Camilla Grudova on Children of Paradise and The Coiled Serpent
We chat to Camilla Grudova, author of the creepy Children of Paradise and upcoming short story collection The Coiled Serpent, about capitalist horror, British class politics, and why people can't flush the toilet Read more »| 03 Aug 2023 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2023: The programme
The Edinburgh Book Festival returns to the Edinburgh College of Art this August for its 40th year – here's a look at the 2023 programme Read more »| 14 Jun 2023 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As another August comes to an end, we look back on highlights of the final week of Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week one recap
Now the first week of Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 has been and gone, members of The Skinny team look back at some of the highlights Read more »| 23 Aug 2022
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Harry Josephine Giles on a golden age of trans fiction
Ahead of an Edinburgh Book Festival event with Shola van Reinhold and Torrey Peters, Harry Josephine Giles discusses the ever-changing world of trans literature Read more »| 22 Aug 2022 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: 2022 preview
As Edinburgh International Book Festival returns with a programme of in-person and streamed events, we pull out a few highlights Read more »| 27 Jun 2022 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival draws to a close for 2021, we recap a handful of highlights from their second week of hybrid literary entertainment Read more »| 31 Aug 2021 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week one recap
As Edinburgh International Book Festival returns in hybrid form for 2021, The Skinny team have been diving into some of the programme highlights – here's our recap of week one Read more »| 23 Aug 2021 -
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Onwards & Upwards: Edinburgh Book Festival preview
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival returns for 2021 in a new location with a new hybrid set-up, we dive into the highlights of their programme, which looks to celebrate the ideas and stories for a changing world Read more »| 10 Aug 2021 -
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Nina Mingya Powles on Small Bodies of Water
Nan Shepherd Prize winner Nina Mingya Powles discusses her new book Small Bodies of Water, periods, nature writing and colonialism Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
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Torrey Peters on Detransition, Baby
Ahead of her Skinny-sponsored event at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Torrey Peters discusses Detransition, Baby Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
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Edinburgh Book Festival reveals 2021 programme
Edinburgh Book Festival returns this August with a hybrid online-offline programme of 250 events featuring authors from around the world Read more »| 06 Jul 2021 -
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Edinburgh Book Festival goes online for 2020
The Edinburgh Book Festival's online programme kicks off this weekend – we take a look at what's in store Read more »| 13 Aug 2020