William Letford & Sean Borodale – Working Poets
By . Published 10 August 2012
The Skinny’s second event at the Book Festival will feature two poets who hold down other jobs: Sean Borodale and William Letford
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Grant Morrison, Comic Maestro
By . Published 06 August 2012The Skinny’s first sponsored event at this year's Book Festival will feature the near-legendary Glaswegian comics writer Grant Morrison...
Hopes For Mark Haddon
By . Published 03 August 2012What will Mark Haddon's talk be about? Let's speculate
Cargo vs McSweeneys: Going Elsewhere
By . Published 02 August 2012Conceived and commissioned by the Book Festival, published by an international dream team of Cargo and McSweeney's, Elsewhere brings together celebrated authors from around the world in a four volume...
Three Nations at Unbound
By . Published 02 August 2012This year Unbound features events from three different literary nations, Iceland, Ireland and the Netherlands. We take a closer look at what you can expect from each
Hijacked by the Book Trust
By . Published 30 July 2012In which your correspondent tries to interview a gaggle of the Scottish Book Trust’s Writers, but loses the battle when they commence interviewing one another
Words Per Minute, Tested
By . Published 25 July 2012Words per Minute is the Glasgow-based event which focuses on spoken word, but also can include music, film and other types of performance. The trick is that performers only get...
Unbound 2012: The Events
Published 24 July 2012Become Unbound every night from 12-27 August in The Guardian Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square Gardens, as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. All the events are FREE, and no...
Welcome to Unbound 2012
By . Published 09 July 2012Unbound is back for a third year, offering a programme of free, nightly events of stories, performance and music. Roland Gulliver, Programme Manager of the the Edinburgh International Book Festival,...
Kohl Publishing: At the Kohl-Face
By . Published 09 July 2012New event, new publisher, new book... what's going on?
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 – An Introduction
By . Published 03 July 2012Last year at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, James Robertson aired his Megrahi conspiracy, former CIA officer Michael Scheuer was heckled by a protestor and Gary Tank Commander made a...
Mark Millar: Here Comes Kapow! 19-20 May
By . Published 14 May 2012Comic book writer, film-maker, magazine publisher and festival curator Mark Millar is to the comic book world what Rupert Murdoch is to the media (only less evil). We speak to...
Ewan Morrison: Interview From a Mall
By . Published 30 April 2012Ewan Morrison is the acclaimed author of a trilogy of novels – Swung, Distance and Menage – about alternative sexuality. And so naturally he's followed these up with an examination...
Jonah Lehrer: The Science of Creativity
By . Published 26 April 2012Jonah Lehrer is a writer and neuroscientist whose work bridges the gap between art and science by exploring creativity through science
Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting – The Early Years
By . Published 04 April 2012It’s a big year for Irvine Welsh – Filth is being filmed with James McAvoy, a film taken from, and titled, Ecstasy, is being released in the UK. But biggest...
Seven Stanzas about StAnza
By . Published 27 February 2012How best to preview the programme at this year's StAnza Poetry Festival? There's no way we can cover all the highlights. So here are a few, but written in verse....
Margins Book and Music Festival: Writing Alive
By . Published 22 February 2012February 2012: Many people are reported to be excited about the Margins Book and Music Festival this month, as the start of this festival approaches
Zona & Stalker: A Book About A Film About A Book
By . Published 20 February 2012On 27 February, there will be a talk with critic Geoff Dyer, about the 1979 Russian film Stalker followed by a screening of that film. But what is it? Why...
The Inevitable E-Book Article
By . Published 02 February 2012Be glad we didn’t go with the headline ‘To e or not to e’. Here’s a mercifully brief bit about ‘the future of books’, with some e-book recommendations afterward. You...
A Book Gift Guide
By . Published 29 November 2011Whether it's someone you know well or someone you find hard to buy for, books are always a good gift solution, because they're cheap(ish), portable and usually available in all...
