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FeaturesBloody Scotland: The Case of the Book Festival
Russel D. McLean investigate Bloody Scotland, the annual gathering of our finest criminal authors. Read more »| 06 Sep 2015 -
FeaturesPoetry News: Bard is a Four-Letter Word
StAnza poet in residence Clare Mulley contemplates beginnings in her first poetry column. Read more »| 02 Sep 2015 -
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Oscar Coop-Phane: Feeling so Bohemian
Oscar Coop-Phane talks about new novel Tomorrow, Berlin and the dark experiences which birthed it. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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Stieg Larsson, the Publisher and the Hornet's Nest
The new Stieg Larsson Millennium novel – The Girl in the Spider's Web – is already causing a storm, just not in the way its publisher wanted. Read more »| 31 Aug 2015 -
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The Incomparable Terry Pratchett
As Terry Pratchett’s final book reaches shelves this month, The Skinny looks back at an author who managed to unite literature aficionados and fantasy fans alike Read more »| 27 Aug 2015 -
FestivalsDefecting from Dear Leader: Hyeonseo Lee
In advance of her Edinburgh International Book Festival appearance, The Skinny talks to Hyeonseo Lee – the girl with seven names – about her sad and beautiful memoir of disenfranchisement and defection from North Korea Read more »| 07 Aug 2015
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Limmy's Daft Wee Interview
The Skinny braves the dark mind of Glasgow comedy hero Limmy to learn a little more about his new book: the appropriately titled Daft Wee Stories Read more »| 31 Jul 2015 -
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Author Yuri Herrera on 'the American problem that Mexico is suffering'
The literary voice of Mexican author Yuri Herrera transcends his native land and tongue, crosses the U.S. border – so significant in his writing – and forces the wider world to listen. We chat ahead of his date with Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
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Rhyme and Reasons: Poetry picks for Edinburgh Festival
Looking through the 2015 Festival line-up – including a Skinny sponsored Kate Tempest event – 2015 StAnza Poet in Residence Clare Mulley ponders that elusive theoretical point on the arts spectrum between 'poetry' and what is now known as 'spoken word' Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
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No Definition Required: Janice Galloway on Jellyfish
Prior to her appearance at Edinburgh International Book Festival, award-winning writer Janice Galloway talks to The Skinny about 'sex and love and parenthood'. All contained in Jellyfish, her dazzling new short story collection. Read more »| 30 Jul 2015 -
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Spoken word nights around the UK and abroad: Live Wire
With the tally of live literature nights growing ever bigger and seeming to cater for every literary taste, the host of Saboteur Award-winning spoken word night Bad Language picks some of the best at home and abroad Read more »| 28 Jul 2015 -
TechReady Novel Two: Ernest Cline on Lucas, Spielberg and Armada
Ahead of his second novel Armada, we spoke to author Ernest Cline about back-slaps from George Lucas, competing with Adam Sandler and pissing off Steven Spielberg Read more »| 09 Jul 2015 -
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Simon Napier-Bell on the unscrupulous history of the music business
The ultimate observer of the music business, Simon Napier-Bell talks us through its pharmaceutically fuelled history as chronicled in his all-encompassing book Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay Read more »| 03 Jul 2015 -
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White Van Man: John Darnielle brings his novel to Jura Unbound
John Darnielle, the mind behind The Mountain Goats, graces Jura Unbound under his novelist guise – with Mull Historical Society's Colin MacIntyre adding melody. We ponder the gaps his work explores: between childhood and adult life; reality and fantasy. Read more »| 02 Jul 2015 -
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The Skinny is Ten: Theremin Lies the Truth
Over ten years The Skinny has grown into Scotland’s cultural barometer, so we will throw our hands in the air and throw a party. Author Sean Michaels witnessed our very beginnings so brings his magical and melodious new novel to our gathering Read more »| 02 Jul 2015