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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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Book ReviewsIn Love With Love by Ella Risbridger
Ella Risbridger's warm and witty In Love With Love is an intimate and thought-provoking love letter to romance literature Read more »| 06 Nov 2025 -
FeaturesDalia al-Dujaili on her memoir Babylon, Albion
We chat with author Dalia al-Dujaili about her migration memoir Babylon, Albion ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
Book ReviewsNoopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Anishinaabe author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson articulates the enduring spirit and colonial struggles through which their characters operate Read more »| 04 Nov 2025 -
Book ReviewsThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn
International Booker Prize-shortlisted author Olga Ravn returns with a new novel that's by turns delicate and visceral, pleasurable but disjointed Read more »| 03 Nov 2025 -
EventsScottish Books Events: November 2025
Two big festivals – Push the Boat Out and Edinburgh's Radical Book Fair – return to Edinburgh this month. Elsewhere, there's book launches aplenty in Porty and Glasgow Read more »| 31 Oct 2025 -
Book ReviewsThe Hajar Book of Rage, ed. Farhaana Arefin
The first in Hajar Press' new elements anthology series, this book takes as its subject the power and politics of fiery rage Read more »| 27 Oct 2025
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FeaturesTrue North: Scottish International Storytelling Festival returns
Storytellers Tom Muir and Eileen Budd and programmer Daniel Abercrombie introduce the 36th Scottish International Storytelling Festival, which looks to the folklore, myths and fairytales of the Nordic region, Scotland and Northern Europe Read more »| 09 Oct 2025 -
Book ReviewsThe Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus
Expansive, self-reflective look at contemporary America from I Love Dick author Read more »| 07 Oct 2025 -
Book ReviewsLa Lucha ed. Carolina Orloff
Charco Press's latest is an incredible collection of essays destabilising traditions of Western feminism through transformative radical ideas Read more »| 07 Oct 2025 -
EventsScottish Books Events: October 2025
The Scottish International Storytelling Festival turns to the north this year, with a programme of events inspired by Nordic traditions. Elsewhere, there are launches at The Portobello Bookshop, Lighthouse Bookshop, Mount Florida Books and more Read more »| 30 Sep 2025 -
Book ReviewsMen in the Sun: And Other Palestinian Stories by Ghassan Kanafani
A remarkable collection of short stories by Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani are brought together for the first time Read more »| 29 Sep 2025 -
Book ReviewsWill There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood
Patricia Lockwood's highly anticipated follow-up to No One Is Talking About This is a formal and narrative masterpiece Read more »| 22 Sep 2025 -
Book ReviewsSomebody Is Walking On Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez
The first non-fiction book from acclaimed Argentine author Mariana Enriquez is an examination of the cultural residue of graveyards Read more »| 22 Sep 2025 -
Book ReviewsCursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The highly anticipated sophomore novel from the author of My Sister, The Serial Killer is an enjoyable if politically thin read Read more »| 22 Sep 2025 -
FeaturesSelali Fiamanya on his debut novel Before We Hit the Ground
We chat with Glasgow-based debut author Selali Fiamanya, whose debut novel Before We Hit the Ground is a tender and wrenching account of immigrant family dynamics Read more »| 04 Sep 2025