New Books by the Cargo Crate
By . Published 25 March 2011
New publishing ‘label’ Cargo Crate describes itself as Scotland’s first eBook/print-on-demand publisher, and it has big ambitions for the future of ‘the book’
Books > Features
Some Standouts at StAnza
By . Published 04 March 2011Want to learn more about poetry in one fell swoop? Fancy a trip to St Andrews? Read on...
Doug Johnstone: Whisky Galore, And A Wee Bit More
By . Published 03 March 2011Doug Johnstone's third novel, Smokeheads, is a thriller set on the island of Islay, whisky's spiritual home...
Mills & Boon: 'I Read These, So You Don't Have To'
By . Published 01 February 2011Valentine's Day is coming up, so why don't you read one of Mills and Boon's romance novels? Because of everything that follows, that's why not
Ryan Van Winkle: A Work In Progress
By . Published 20 December 2010Ryan Van Winkle, reader in residence at The Scottish Poetry Library, Editor of The Edinburgh Review, and used to write reviews for The Skinny. So when he said his first...
Have You Met metaphrog Yet?
By . Published 30 November 2010Five years in the making (well, sort of), metaphrog's new book Louis: Night Salad is out just in time for Christmas. What is it? Read on...
Why You Might Love Lennoxlove
By . Published 02 November 2010The Lennoxlove book festival is a new festival, in only its second year. It’s a short series of events, over just the three days from 19-21 November, and it takes...
Rodge Glass and Dave Turbitt on Dougie's War
By . Published 29 September 2010Dougie’s War is a new graphic novel written by Rodge Glass (who I’m frankly getting sick of interviewing) and illustrated by Dave Turbitt (who’s a nice guy). Dougie’s War focuses...
Books for confused minds
By . Published 28 September 2010Starting university can be an alienating experience; these essential student reads will help ease your befuddlement - or feed your anger
A Sideways Ride Through Jekyll and Hyde
By . Published 02 September 2010Kevin MacNeil is a writer from Lewis whose previous work has included poetry, plays, and a debut novel The Stornoway Way - which Rodge Glass named as his choice for...
Choose Your Reality: Alan Moore Unearthed
By . Published 01 September 2010The legendary writer, magician and cultural icon discusses his new album Unearthing, reinventing H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos for the twenty-first century, and the counter-cultural collaborations of his magazine Dodgem Logic
David Shrigley: A Catalogue of Ideas
By . Published 30 August 2010Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is a rare thing in the art world: someone whose work people – normal(ish) people – actually love. He's made sculptures, music videos, drawings and books...
A Book Festival Primer
By . Published 28 July 2010If you fancy going to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, but aren't sure where to start, here's a little guide to the festival itself, and what to see when you're...
Christos Tsiolkas
By . Published 15 July 2010His incisive questioning of Australian society has seen his latest novel The Slap become a best seller and won him the Commonwealth Writers Prize. He talks to Nick Eardley about...
Books: Fatima Bhutto Q & A
By . Published 15 July 201028-year old Fatima Bhutto, progeny of the Pakistan’s famous political dynasty, is an author and journalist in her own right. As well as contributing to numerous publications including The Daily...
The Power of Golden Hour!
By . Published 01 July 2010Golden Hour comes to the Spiegeltent - brace yourselves...
Keeping It Irregular
By . Published 30 June 2010Irregular is a literary club night, which runs, yes, irregularly, and is put on by Canongate publishing. Canongate’s Francis Bickford told us, “When we started Irregular in 2009 we wanted...
A Bit of Bissett
By . Published 30 June 2010A chat with renowned author Alan Bissett about Discombobulate, his work in general, and storytelling
Opening Doors to New Writing
By . Published 29 June 2010The Year of Open Doors is an upcoming collection of new Scottish writing, edited by Rodge Glass (properly: Dr Rodge Glass, novelist and eminent Gravian) and published by Mark Buckland...
Unbound at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
By . Published 29 June 2010Unbound events happen every night from 15 to 30 August in the Highland Park Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square, part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. All events bar the closing...
