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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Events
Scottish Books Events: December 2022
Lots of bookish events in December, including Josie Long at The Stand's spoken word night and the launch of Scottish literary magazine Extra Teeth Read more »| 05 Dec 2022 -
Book Reviews
Raising Raffi by Keith Gessen
Novelist and translator Keith Gessen ditches the idea of universal experience for something much more personal in this memoir on fatherhood Read more »| 29 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews
You Must Believe in Spring by Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy's debut novel is a remarkable piece of political fiction that examines the thorny legacies of the Arab Spring Read more »| 25 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews
Babel by R.F. Kuang
R.F. Kuang returns with a triumphant, harrowing fantasy examining the entanglement between academia, language and colonialism Read more »| 24 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews
Blood Salt Spring by Hannah Lavery
Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery's debut collection shows her deft ability to marry the personal with the political Read more »| 24 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews
Carrie Kills a Man by Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall's collection of essays explores ideas of transition, community and self-acceptance Read more »| 09 Nov 2022
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Book Reviews
1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel
Olivia Wenzel's debut explores the intersection between oppression and privilege Read more »| 09 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews
Losing the Plot by Derek Owusu
Derek Owusu's latest is a tender, lyrical exploration of migration and parenthood Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews
Idol, Burning by Rin Usami
Rin Usami's latest novel explores the tangled, murky world of stan culture Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
Features
Scottish Books News: November 2022
November sees the return of Push the Boat Out and the Radical Book Fair, as well as new poetry nights across the Central Belt and Aberdeen Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
Features
More Fiya: The Black-British poetry collection at Push the Boat Out
We chat with some of the poets featured in More Fiya, the Black-British poetry collection that is being centred at this year's Push the Boat Out poetry festival Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
Book Reviews
Dislocations by Sylvia Molloy
Charco Press' latest translated piece, Dislocations by the late Argentinian novelist Sylvia Molloy examines the power of memory when it is being lost Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
Book Reviews
X by Davey Davis
Following a sadist on the hunt for a beautiful dominatrix, X is a dark, sensuous page-turner mirroring our current geopolitical climate Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
Book Reviews
The Consequences by Manuel Muñoz
Manuel Muñoz's short stories of migrant farmers in 1980s California paint the American Dream as bleak, cruel and crushing Read more »| 18 Oct 2022 -
Book Reviews
Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth
Domestic horror Motherthing is bleak, darkly funny, gag-worthy at times, and outright gross at others Read more »| 06 Oct 2022