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Edinburgh Book Festival: The First Weekend
Kit de Waal with Damian Barr – Class Act Damian Barr opens the event by saying, "Not only are you allowed to be common at this session, you are active... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Building a better future at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair
In the midst of an increasingly dystopian election cycle – itself a mere microcosm of the hostile and destructive political environment that has define... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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The Perseverance of Raymond Antrobus
Since launching his first collection, The Perseverance, Raymond Antrobus has taken the UK by storm. Already a skilled poet, Antrobus has been writing poetry ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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Ottessa Moshfegh's Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh straddles an unusual position as an author. Despite gaining commercial success with her first novel, the noir-thriller Eileen, which saw her... Read more »| Updated over 5 years ago -
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The BAME writers network changing Scotland's publishing scene
The sun is hot and every available lawn chair is occupied. Charlotte Square is buzzing with the energy of festival season. As I await my event, I take stock ... Read more »| Updated over 4 years ago -
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A snapshot of American indie cinema in 2018
In the wake of Time’s Up and #MeToo, #WhatNext – which aims to address gender parity in the film industry – heralded the sixth edition of S... Read more »| Updated almost 6 years ago -
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Margins Book and Music Festival: Writing Alive
Taking place over three days, the festival, reportedly exciting, will run from 24 to 26 February, largely at The Arches. Big names taking part wil... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
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Edinburgh Book Festival: Helen Mort & Claire Askew
'You’re imagining her life… but you’re miles off.' Playful, self-referencing and blunt: these lines from Claire Askew’s poem Picker ... Read more »| Updated over 7 years ago -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Luke Wright & Michael Pedersen
Two poets who have made the leap from stage to page, defying the bias against performance poetry which still undeniably exists in the minds of academics and ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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The Bulletin: Arts & Culture News | 10 May
RBMA DOCUMENTARY: THE HISTORY OF DFA RECORDSFollowing on from its immensely popular HASHTAGS series of documentaries about internet micro-genres, R... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago -
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Inner City Rhythm: George the Poet spits words at Aye Write!
It’s not long since George the Poet was last in Glasgow – he played a gig here in February at the Berkley Suite. How did that go? We ask. "Magica... Read more »| Updated about 9 years ago -
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Northwest Film Event Highlights – March 2016
Always (Crashing): JG Ballard Stop scoffing your face, there’s more to March than chocolate eggs, you know. Head into HOME and you’ll... Read more »| Updated about 8 years ago -
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Immigrant Song: James Kelman on Dirt Road
I won't call James Kelman’s new novel the feelgood book of the summer. Partly as, while sunnier in disposition than many previous works, its story is s... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
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Unbound 2016: What's on
All events start at 9pm (7pm on Monday 29 August) in the Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square Gardens. And they're free! Just drop in, no need for a ticket THE PHO... Read more »| Updated almost 8 years ago -
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Top Ten Events Scotland 25 Jul-1 Aug: Save Sighthill Stone Circle, Making News + Broadcast BBQ!
Top Ten Events Scotland 25 Jul-1 Aug: Save Sighthill Stone Circle, Making News + Broadcast BBQ! &nb... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Books News: Big changes at Cargo Publishing, George Saunders wins Folio Prize, and more
CARGO PUBLISHING APPOINTS NEW MANAGING DIRECTORSAcclaimed Glasgow imprint Cargo Publishing have announced the appointment of two new Managing Directors this ... Read more »| Updated about 10 years ago -
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Top Ten Events 23 Feb-1 Mar: Errors, FrightFest + Malcolm Middleton
The Skinny | CyberZAP Top Ten Events 23 Feb-1 Mar: Errors, FrightFest + Malcolm Middleton &n... Read more »| Updated about 12 years ago -
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Paradigm Shift: Now Turn the Page
The Scottish writer Ewan Morrison, who recently began a satirical, dystopian series on the future of publishing for the Guardian, believes the restructuring ... Read more »| Updated over 10 years ago -
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Top Ten Events Northwest 9-16 May: Floating Points, Vondelpark + Steven Severin
Top Ten Events Northwest 9-16 May: Floating Points, Vondelpark + Steven Severin THE WEEK AHEAD ... Read more »| Updated almost 11 years ago