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Kaite Welsh discusses setting her writing in the Victorian era ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »

In 2018, Roseanne Watt won the prestigious Edwin Morgan Poetry Award celebrating the country’s best young poets. She talks to The Skinny about her beautiful prize-winning debut Moder Dy Read more »

Sofie Hagen brings her new book Happy Fat to the Edinburgh Book Festival – we talk audience responses, changing perceptions, and being Danish in Brexit Britain Read more »

Ahead of his visit as a guest selector at 2019's Edinburgh International Book Festival, DeRay Mckesson speaks to The Skinny about his book – On the Other Side of Freedom – the power of language, and his brilliant events at Charlotte Square Gardens Read more »

Lara Williams' debut novel is about taking up space, particularly bodily space, subverting the expectation that women need to shrink themselves down. We speak to Williams about writing Supper Club, gross food and abject bodies Read more »

While the Unbound programme takes over the Spiegeltent every night at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, it's the cherry on top of the day, each packed full of amazing authors from across the globe Read more »