Books
The Skinny book guide – bringing you book reviews, features, events, reviews and author interviews. Find previews and on the ground reporting from festivals of literature and poetry in Scotland and beyond.
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Features
Home Country: Orsola Casagrande on Kurdistan + 100
Orsola Casagrande introduces Kurdistan + 100, an anthology of speculative fiction which seeks to embed the Kurdish identity in the historical record Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
Book Reviews
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Jessica Johns' debut is an atmospheric folk horror that examines the impossibility of escaping cultural and familial trauma through the story of a young Cree woman Read more »| 07 Feb 2023 -
Events
Scottish Books Events: February 2023
Book festival shenanigans abound at Paisley Book Festival, while Aberdeen hosts the nation's first crime festival of the year, Granite Noir Read more »| 03 Feb 2023 -
Book Reviews
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
Lamya H's memoir teases out the latent queerness of their Muslim faith, discovering stories of rebel women whose strength, resilience and faith offer inspiration Read more »| 31 Jan 2023 -
Book Reviews
Brutes by Dizz Tate
Dizz Tate's debut novel builds on a history of American coming-of-age fiction, from The Virgin Suicides to We Were Liars, to examine the ferocious claustrophobia of adolescence Read more »| 30 Jan 2023 -
Book Reviews
Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Legacy of a Black Trans Revolutionary
A radical memoir that cuts across the personal and the political to explore Miss Major's groundbreaking work in community organising and HIV/AIDS care Read more »| 25 Jan 2023
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Book Reviews
The Book of Desire by Meena Kandasamy
Meena Kandasamy's translation of the seminal Tamil text the Tirukkuṟal uncovers the decolonial and feminist possibilities in the act of translation Read more »| 10 Jan 2023 -
Book Reviews
Your Wish Is My Command by Deena Mohamed
A subtle and subversive graphic novel, Deena Mohamed's Your Wish Is My Command uses magical realism to deftly ground its core in social commentary Read more »| 10 Jan 2023 -
Events
Scottish Books Events: January 2023
In January's Scottish books round-up, some excellent debut authors launch their books, while Kirsty Logan and Don Paterson head to Portobello Bookshop Read more »| 09 Jan 2023 -
Features
Kirsty Logan on her latest novel Now She Is Witch
Kirsty Logan, the acclaimed author of The Gracekeepers and The Gloaming, tells us about her queer, witchy new novel Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
Book Reviews
The End of Nightwork by Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
Aidan Cottrell-Boyce's debut novel The End of Nightwork is a witty, deft examination of the body as a site of trauma and change Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
Book Reviews
The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent
A hint of dark academia by way of Edinburgh, Heather Darwent's debut The Things We Do To Our Friends is a thrilling read Read more »| 19 Dec 2022 -
Book Reviews
Father May Be an Elephant, and Mother Only a Small Basket But... by Gogu Shyamala
A team of translators take on seminal Dalit writer Gogu Shyamala's collection of lively and unflinching short stories Read more »| 15 Dec 2022 -
Features
The Skinny's Books of 2022: Our Writers' Favourites
Our Books Team count down their favourite books of the year, from Gothic cinema tales to Mogwai memoirs Read more »| 15 Dec 2022 -
Features
The Skinny's Books of 2022
So many books, so little time. Our writers tell us about some of their absolute favourite reads from this year – get your Christmas reading sorted here Read more »| 05 Dec 2022