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StAnza 2014: Q&A with Eleanor Livingstone, Festival Director
As the 2014 festival of poetry begins, StAnza director Eleanor Livingstone talks exclusively to The Skinny about the festivals themes, its future, and the debate over 'page versus stage' Read more »| 05 Mar 2014 -
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StAnza Poetry Festival: Where Page Meets Stage
As StAnza Poetry Festival welcomes Louis de Bernières, Paul Muldoon and other leading lights, we speak to Festival Director Eleanor Livingstone about where page meets stage, and ask Michael Pedersen, Ross Sutherland and others to preview their shows Read more »| 03 Mar 2014 -
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A Literature of Independence: Miha Mazzini
The republication of Miha Mazzini's Crumbs, a novel about individual pursuits set against the backdrop of a nation driving for independence, could prove more timely than ever. We speak to the author about navigating self-determination Read more »| 07 Feb 2014 -
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Putting Short Fiction on the Map: Comma's Gimbal App
A new app from Comma Press takes short stories and integrates them with detailed maps, allowing readers to explore unfolding narratives in real cities. Your commute just got interesting Read more »| 20 Jan 2014 -
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Emoji Dick: The Medium is the Multitude
A man has hired a team of over eight hundred people to translate Moby Dick into emojis. Finally! Read more »| 09 Jan 2014 -
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Books Christmas Gift Guide
As a child, you probably thought books were only marginally less boring than socks, as Christmas presents go. Pick one from this list, however, and you'll be laughing Read more »| 09 Dec 2013
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Darren Cullen: Unto the Breach
No stranger to controversy, we ask Darren Cullen some probing questions about Join the Army, his inevitably divisive concertina comic on the horrors of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the shameless recruitment drives making them possible Read more »| 05 Dec 2013 -
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Unholy Night: Emma Jane Unsworth, Richard Hirst and the Christmas ghost story
As they prepare to publish an anthology of ghost stories for Christmas, Emma Jane Unsworth and Richard Hirst discuss the format's unique license to chill Read more »| 04 Dec 2013 -
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Andrew McConnell Stott: Byromania
Ahead of the publication of The Vampyre Family, a group biography of key members of the Romantic era, Andrew McConnell Stott talks to us about his former life as a stand-up comedian and the undying celebrity appeal of Lord Byron Read more »| 30 Oct 2013 -
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Nicola White: Literary Prizefighter
Fending off competition from 350 other entrants, Nicola White's In the Rosary Garden is the winner of this year's Dundee International Book Prize. She discusses the road to success and the controversial themes of her novel Read more »| 28 Oct 2013 -
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Hero Worship: Stephen King
Gothic Manchester festival co-organiser Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes tells The Skinny about Stephen King’s influence on his research and teaching Read more »| 09 Oct 2013 -
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Lemn Sissay: Calm Before the Storm
Tasked with writing a poem to mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech, Lemn Sissay reflects on his own relationship to home, history and the power of delivery Read more »| 04 Oct 2013 -
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What's He Playing At? Michael Pedersen Explains Himself
Following the success of his first full collection, Play With Me, and the continued dominance and expansion of Neu! Reekie!, his monthly avant-garde poetry, music and film fusions, we ask Michael Pedersen where it all began Read more »| 01 Oct 2013 -
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Paradigm Shift: Now Turn the Page
Of all the industries going through the current paradigm shifts driven by technological change, the book publishing industry is perhaps the most affected, and the most threatened Read more »| 06 Sep 2013 -
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Real Imagined Things: Adam Marek on The Stone Thrower
Prize-winning author Adam Marek talks about The Stone Thrower, exploring parenthood and childhood through a series of dystopian, near-future worlds Read more »| 03 Sep 2013