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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 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As another August comes to an end, we look back on highlights of the final week of Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 30 Aug 2022 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week one recap
Now the first week of Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 has been and gone, members of The Skinny team look back at some of the highlights Read more »| 23 Aug 2022 -
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Scottish Poetry News: July 2022
July's spoken word and poetry round-up has new a new queer Scottish anthology, a new open mic in Edinburgh, and festival fun at Kelburn and Belladrum Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: 2022 preview
As Edinburgh International Book Festival returns with a programme of in-person and streamed events, we pull out a few highlights Read more »| 27 Jun 2022 -
Events
Scottish Poetry News: October 2021
As the seasons start to turn, our poetry columnist Beth Cochrane dives into October and all the lyrical goodness that awaits Read more »| 04 Oct 2021
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Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival draws to a close for 2021, we recap a handful of highlights from their second week of hybrid literary entertainment Read more »| 31 Aug 2021 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: Week one recap
As Edinburgh International Book Festival returns in hybrid form for 2021, The Skinny team have been diving into some of the programme highlights – here's our recap of week one Read more »| 23 Aug 2021 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival reveals 2021 programme
Edinburgh Book Festival returns this August with a hybrid online-offline programme of 250 events featuring authors from around the world Read more »| 06 Jul 2021 -
Festivals
Edinburgh Book Festival goes online for 2020
The Edinburgh Book Festival's online programme kicks off this weekend – we take a look at what's in store Read more »| 13 Aug 2020 -
Events
Scottish Poetry News: Online events & bookshop guide
As many IRL poetry events cancel due to COVID-19, events, workshops and bookshops move online Read more »| 01 Apr 2020 -
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Scottish Poetry News: March 2020
March's poetry and spoken word highlights include the return of StAnza, Re-Analogue's final, triumphant shindig and an open call from Hidden Door Read more »| 03 Mar 2020 -
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Paisley Book Festival: Radical voices, rebel stories
As the very first Paisley Book Festival gets ready to shake up Scotland’s literary scene, we ask three of its appearing writers to reflect on their experiences, challenges and hopes for the Scottish publishing industry Read more »| 18 Feb 2020 -
Books
Scottish Poetry News: February 2020
A new book festival in Paisley and spoken word night, Inky Fingers, teaming up with the Scottish BAME Writers Network are among February's poetry event highlights. Read more »| 03 Feb 2020 -
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Scottish Poetry News: January 2020
Kick off 2020 with a slam poetry championship, the Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Awards Showcase and supporting your local, indie poetry publisher Read more »| 07 Jan 2020