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An Introduction to Jura Unbound 2014
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is 18 days of bookish brilliance bursting out of the tents inside Charlotte Square Gardens. 16 of those days transf... Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
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‘Let's Talk' at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
A perfect place to escape the madness of Edinburgh in full festival mode, the leafy Charlotte Square Gardens – home of the Edinburgh International Book... Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
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Helping the Sun to Finally Set: Louise Welsh on The Empire Cafe at Jura Unbound
One creative initiative is looking beyond the Commonwealth Games countdown to examine the roots of Scotland’s relationship with Empire and the transatlantic slave trade. Author Louise Welsh talks to us about The Empire Café Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
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Telling Stories: Neil Gaiman on bringing his new tale to Edinburgh
As international bestselling author Neil Gaiman prepares to bring his exciting new show to Edinburgh, he talks about the human purpose of storytelling and what you can do with the 26 letters of the alphabet, images and some tunes. Read more »| 26 Jun 2014 -
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Organised Crime: An Interview with Doug Johnstone
The Skinny talks with prolific author Doug Johnstone, who having just published his excellent new crime novel The Dead Beat, is already preparing for the next Read more »| 09 Jun 2014 -
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Character Driven: Laura Marney on For Faughie's Sake
Laura Marney returns this month with For Faughie's Sake, a wryly-observed political comedy about the referendum, sustainability, and American imperialism. Here, she tells us why the Yes campaign need to get “wee bingo ladies” on side Read more »| 02 Jun 2014
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Incarcerated Words
As the battle over Chris Grayling's book ban rages on, The Skinny looks at prison prose and a selfish reason for allowing access to literature on the inside Read more »| 30 Apr 2014 -
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Rabble-rousing: Writing on the Wall 2014
Liverpool literary festival Writing on the Wall returns this month with a focus on the First World War. Festival director Madeline Heneghan and this year's ‘rebel ranter’, Owen Jones, tell us more Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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Ladies Who Lunge: Emma Jane Unsworth in interview
Emma Jane Unsworth discusses he second novel, “a filthy, funny story of friendship, love and animal instincts” set against a Rainy City backdrop Read more »| 29 Apr 2014 -
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A Life of Letters: Alasdair Gray Returns
Alasdair Gray is back with a new autobiography, Of Me & Others, and his to-do list is still more impressive than yours Read more »| 28 Apr 2014 -
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A Walk on the Wild Side: We meet the Wild Writers
How do you enliven a short story recital? Liverpool literary collective the Wild Writers have a solution, and it involves Mexican wrestling Read more »| 02 Apr 2014 -
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StAnza 2014: Q&As with Jenny Lewis and Graeme Hawley
As this year's StAnza Festival begins, we follow up our feature taking a look at this year's highlights with a series of exclusive Q&As with the performers, presenting our full interviews with Jenny Lewis and Graeme Hawley Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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StAnza 2014: Q&As with Andrew Sclater and Marion McCready
As this year's StAnza Festival begins, we follow up our feature taking a look at this year's highlights with a series of exclusive Q&As with the performers, presenting our full interviews with Andrew Sclater and Marion McCready Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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StAnza 2014: Q&As with Ross Sutherland and Sophia Walker
As this year's StAnza Festival begins, we follow up our feature taking a look at this year's highlights with a series of exclusive Q&As with the performers, presenting our full interviews with Ross Sutherland and Sophia Walker Read more »| 07 Mar 2014 -
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StAnza 2014: Q&A with Michael Pedersen
As the 2014 festival of poetry continues, poet and Neu! Reekie! host Michael Pedersen talks exclusively to The Skinny about his StAnza debut, and weighs in on the debate over 'page versus stage' Read more »| 06 Mar 2014