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FeaturesBuilding bridges with Scottish International Storytelling Festival
The connective power of storytelling is at the heart of the 35th Scottish International Storytelling Festival, with its theme of Bridges Between. We chat with the head programmer and performers about what it means to tear down walls and build bridges Read more »| 30 Sep 2024 -
FeaturesCaleb Femi on his house party poetry collection The Wickedest
We chat with Forward Prize-winning poet Caleb Femi about his sophomore poetry collection The Wickedest, which explores the intimate mechanisms of a house party in London Read more »| 09 Sep 2024 -
FeaturesNisha Ramayya on her new poetry collection Fantasia
We talk with poet and academic Nisha Ramayya about her latest poetry collection Fantasia, and the constellation of influences and touchstones that inform her practice Read more »| 08 Aug 2024 -
FeaturesAndrés N. Ordorica on debut novel How We Named the Stars
Edinburgh-based poet Andrés N. Ordorica's debut novel retells the quiet queer awakenings of two lovestruck college freshmen in one’s eulogy to the other Read more »| 08 Aug 2024 -
FeaturesN.S Nuseibeh on Palestinian essay collection Namesake
We chat with British-Palestinian author N.S. Nuseibeh about her essay collection Namesake, and connecting her life and experiences with her warrior ancestor Nusayba Bint Ka’ab Read more »| 08 Aug 2024 -
FeaturesHannah Lavery on her new collection Unwritten Woman
We chat with Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery about her new collection Unwritten Woman, the power of retelling, and the ongoing influence of Edinburgh in her writing Read more »| 05 Aug 2024
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FeaturesIona Lee on her new poetry zine Beasties
Created out of a residency at Typewronger Books, poet Iona Lee's risoprint zine Beasties is an otherworldly examination of the dark side of scientific progress Read more »| 02 Aug 2024 -
FeaturesKate Zambreno on her memoir The Light Room
We speak to Kate Zambreno about her new memoir The Light Room and how to articulate moments of everyday in the midst of extreme crisis Read more »| 12 Jul 2024 -
FeaturesJen Hadfield on her Shetland memoir Storm Pegs
We talk to Jen Hadfield about her eco-memoir exploring the movements of land, people and languages on the Shetland Islands Read more »| 09 Jul 2024 -
FeaturesLighthouse Bookshop, Edinburgh's queer community bookstore
There're so many incredible bookshops in Edinburgh to choose from – here we pick one of our favourites, the queer community bookshop Lighthouse Read more »| 24 Jun 2024 -
FeaturesElle Nash on her new novel Deliver Me
We chat with Glasgow-based author Elle Nash about her new novel Deliver Me, the eerie cultural capital of pregnancy, and women who fall through the social and political cracks Read more »| 18 Jun 2024 -
FeaturesOn the magic of reading (and writing) children’s books
Why do we miss out on the magic of reading children's literature as adults? Nadine Aisha Jassat examines her own entanglement with children's literature as both author and avid reader Read more »| 07 May 2024 -
FeaturesUnpacking zine culture with Black Lodge Press
We chat with Cj Reay of Black Lodge Press about DIY culture, mutual aid, and the anarchist principles which underpin the Press Read more »| 29 Apr 2024 -
FeaturesGenevieve Jagger on her vampire novel Fragile Animals
In celebration of her debut novel Fragile Animals, we sit down to talk with Scottish author Genevieve Jagger about vampires, literary influences, neurodivergence and tarot readings Read more »| 15 Apr 2024 -
FeaturesK Patrick on debut poetry collection Three Births
We chat to K Patrick, named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists last year, about their debut poetry collection Three Births and queer bodies in and of nature Read more »| 04 Mar 2024