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BooksNorthwest Book Highlights – February 2015
The month of love ushers in some of the finest poetry around, the undisputed face of spoken word and a romantic literary walk, as musical and poetic rhythms join together Read more »| 02 Feb 2015 -
EventsNorthwest Book Highlights – January 2015
The local book club is on the ascent – we pick a few of the best, while events include Knausgaard and Renberg in an evening celebrating Scandinavian writing Read more »| 01 Jan 2015 -
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Scotland Book Highlights – December 2014
New comics rising and first book awards mean fresh names to note as winter is ushered in by a wine washed evening with the Saltire Society Read more »| 28 Nov 2014 -
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Dundee Literary Festival: An Offering of Strange New Things
The famous city of jute and jam looks at the printed word beyond its famous form of journalism, delivering a literary festival with a broad and ambitious programme - punks, pubs and Picoult. Read more »| 15 Oct 2014 -
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Beer, Bookselling and Birds of Prey: Wigtown Book Festival preview
As Scotland's National Book Town hosts its annual Festival here's our guide to the vibrant programme of literary events in Wigtown, a town regenerated through the power of words. Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Time to Fight for Feminism
Baxter and Cosslett set up their blog Vagenda Magazine in 2012 to – in their own words – ‘call bullshit' on the mainstream women&rsquo... Read more »| 22 Aug 2014
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Festivals
Letters Home: Grid Iron Theatre Company @ Edinburgh International Book Festival
Just a minute or two into the bludgeoning that is Christos Tsiolkas’ Eve and Cain, it seemed as if it might be a gruelling night traipsing around ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2014 -
EventsNeu! Reekie! does Titian @ National Gallery of Scotland
In homage to the Renaissance master, 'monthly headfuck' Neu! Reekie! took over National Gallery Scotland for a night in June bringing animation, poetry and music. The Skinny was there to experience the shame and love, myth and legend, boobs and... hip-hop Read more »| 18 Aug 2014 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Good Low-Cost Food
Food is, and always has been, a political issue. As writers and activists Mike Small and Andrew Whitley address the comfortably full tent at Edinburgh Intern... Read more »| 16 Aug 2014 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Stuart Kelly on Moby-Dick
It shouldn’t be possible to get the breadth and depth of a Great American Novel into 90 minutes, but with Stuart Kelly at the helm of the seminar, we j... Read more »| 16 Aug 2014 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: William McIlvanney
It's preposterous to imagine the works of William McIlvanney being out of print, yet just two years ago this was the case – before the good people at C... Read more »| 14 Aug 2014 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival: Letters Live
It’s the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s opening night, and Shaun Usher and Simon Garfield are delivering either a rallying cry or ... Read more »| 12 Aug 2014 -
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The Saltire Speakeasy comes to the Fringe
As the Saltire Society enters the Fringe with its Saltire Speakeasy series of events from 4-7 Aug, The Skinny takes a look at a diverse and international lineup of poetry, music and spoken word Read more »| 04 Aug 2014 -
FestivalsHero's Return: James Yorkston
James Yorkston is becoming something of a fixture in the Jura Unbound programme. Fife’s finest takes up residence for the Edinburgh launch of his new a... Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
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Lost is the New Found: Canongate at Jura Unbound
Canongate Books are one of Scotland’s longest established and most exciting publishers. They achieve that rare literary alchemy of classy credibility a... Read more »| 03 Jul 2014