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FeaturesBard is a Four-Letter Word
With National Poetry Day fast approaching, Director of the Scottish Poetry Library Asif Khan talks over some of the challenges faced by professional poets. Also, a heads-up on this months performances and print poetry Read more »| 29 Sep 2016 -
Features25 Years of Glasgow Women's Library
As Glasgow Women's Library celebrate their 25th birthday, The Skinny takes a tour of the Bridgeton premises where all are welcome. We find a grassroots project of history and potential, that's making a real difference to its local community Read more »| 22 Sep 2016 -
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Helen Sedgwick on The Comet Seekers
In her acclaimed and inventive debut novel, Helen Sedgwick lights up the lives of characters through the ages by the trail of the great comets. She offers more traditional insight into The Comet Seekers by speaking to The Skinny Read more »| 21 Sep 2016 -
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The Good Immigrant: BAME Authors Unite
We publish three extracts from The Good Immigrant, an essential collection of 21 BAME writers confronting the issues of race and immigration in modern Britain: powerful, timely and unapologetic Read more »| 19 Sep 2016 -
StudentsThe Bookworm's Guide to Bluffing
Haven't read the literary canon? Don't worry – you can cheat Read more »| 14 Sep 2016 -
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Five to see at Manchester Literature Festival
There's lots to see at this year's Manchester Literature Festival, but if we had to whittle down our highlights, here are the five events we'd pick Olivia L... Read more »| 13 Sep 2016
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Benjamin Markovits: Class War in Rust Belt America
Likened to a season of The Wire scripted by JM Coetzee, You Don't Have to Live Like This is an explosive picture of gentrification amongst Detroit's urban decay. We catch up with its James Tait Black Prize winning author Benjamin Markovits Read more »| 12 Sep 2016 -
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Jonathan Safran Foer on Here I Am
Here I Am is being declared Jonathan Safran Foer's masterpiece: a term he will hear nothing of. He discusses the controversies a book which features a Middle... Read more »| 05 Sep 2016 -
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Hollie McNish's Charlotte Church factfile
Ahead of Charlotte Church's Late Night Pop Dungeon headlining this month's Neu! Reekie! Celts night at the National Museum of Scotland, poet Hollie McNi... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
FestivalsWhy Are Economists Topping the Non-Fiction Charts?
This year’s Manchester Literature Festival has a good number of events looking at economic ideas and how they shape us, from Yuval Noah Harari speaking... Read more »| 02 Sep 2016 -
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Poetry News: Edinburgh Book Festival recap
Our poetry columnist looks back on her favourite events during Edinburgh's Festival month, being inspired particularly by the merging of forms, crossing cultural borders and breaking down barriers Read more »| 01 Sep 2016 -
FeaturesMurder at the Golden Lion: Bloody Scotland returns
In anticipation of Bloody Scotland in Stirling this September, crime author Russel D McLean takes a look at The Murder at the Golden Lion: A Case for the Great Detective (apologies to Agatha Christie – and all Golden Age crime writers) Read more »| 31 Aug 2016 -
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Ron Rash: “In America we’re in such a dark place"
With his outstanding new work Above the Waterfall, the highly acclaimed US author Ron Rash tries to draw the 'wonder' from a snarling modern America. He talks about the novel here, and why while a proud Southern writer, don't precede that with 'just a' Read more »| 19 Aug 2016 -
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Walking the Lights: Glasgow's Feminist Withnail & I
Deborah Andrews' highly recommeded debut novel Walking the Lights offers an authentic portrayal of 90s Glasgow slackerdom. Here we present an exclusive extra... Read more »| 15 Aug 2016 -
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Poetry News – Scotland, August 2016
It’s festival season again in Auld Reekie – this one’s going to be a good 'un, with plenty of must-see poetry events to add to your list Read more »| 05 Aug 2016