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FeaturesOnly If...: Bill Ryder-Jones at Manchester Literature Festival
Poet Michael Pedersen talks with Bill Ryder-Jones ahead of the singer-songwriter's live performance of his landmark solo debut, If..., with the Manchester Camerata as part of the Manchester Literature Festival Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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Roaring the Gospel: Kate Tempest at Manchester Literature Festival
From the Ted Hughes award to a Mercury nod, Kate Tempest's star is in ascendance, but the young poet, rapper and playwright remembers what got her into this in the first place – the thrill of performance Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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Melissa Benn on Female Representations in the Media
Author and journalist Melissa Benn took time out from Edinburgh International Book Festival in August to educate The Skinny on feminist issues and challenging a media which views women through a distorted lens Read more »| 15 Sep 2014 -
FeaturesLanguage, Live! Spoken Word and Poetry in the Northwest
Budding poet, writer or performer? Grab the bull by the horns – or, er, your audience by the... imagination – and test your material onstage at a variety of vibrant spoken word nights Read more »| 08 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsSpeaking Out: An Interview with Hollie McNish
Poet, mother, lover, daughter, friend, feminist and proper author Hollie McNish is one of the UK’s best-known spoken word artists. In a rare free moment ahead of her October tour, She chats to The Skinny about luck, poetry and YouTube comments Read more »| 05 Sep 2014 -
FestivalsLinda Grant: Abrasions of the Past
Author Linda Grant has clothed past insecurities with a confidence drawn from her series of highly acclaimed novels, the most recent being Upstairs at the Party. She takes time out from Edinburgh International Book Festival to discuss just how Read more »| 03 Sep 2014
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Alan Warner: Imagining Scotland
As he publishes his new novel Their Lips Talk of Mischief, Alan Warner – one of Scotland's greatest living authors – talks candidly of referendum, ageing and critics. And as is only relevant, books, of course Read more »| 02 Sep 2014 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014: Reflections on Murakami
As an almost unbearable anticipation grew ahead of Haruki Murakami's Scottish trip, we take a look at the man behind the well-managed mystique and reflect upon his appearance at Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 27 Aug 2014 -
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Salena Godden: Narrating the Times
The indefinable black, punk, feminist poet, writer and performer; most succinctly termed by Kerrang as ‘Everything the Daily Mail is terrified of’ – Salena Godden talks tears, laughter and the poetry of toilet walls and lovers' whispers Read more »| 21 Aug 2014 -
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Hypnagogic Hip: The Work of Haruki Murakami
As Haruki Murakami, aka Japan's greatest living author, travels west to Edinburgh International Book Festival, The Skinny takes a look at this reticent genius whose work often sits in that surreal landscape between dreams and reality Read more »| 11 Aug 2014 -
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Take a Long Hard Look at your Shelf: Rachel McCrum
Rachel McCrum of Rally & Broad, the Edinburgh cabaret of words, music and lyrical delights, will toast the finale of Jura Unbound on 25 Aug Read more »| 08 Aug 2014 -
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The Lives in Letters: An Interview with Shaun Usher and Simon Garfield
The lost art of letter writing will brought to life at Edinburgh International Book Festival by Simon Garfield, Shaun Usher and a host of performing friends at their event, Letters Live Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
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Shattering the Myth: Gruff Rhys on his American adventure
Gruff Rhys talks about setting the story straight on John Evans, a legendary 18th-century Welsh explorer and political radical, in his new multimedia project American Interior. He'll speak about his own adventures at Edinburgh Book Festival this month Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
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Take a Long Hard Look at Your Shelf: Anneliese Mackintosh
Anneliese Mackintosh, author of the wonderful début story collection Any Other Mouth, performs on 13 August with Vic Galloway & Friends at Jura Unbound. Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
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The Moth: Drawn to the Flame
As The Moth spread their wings and head for Edinburgh, The Skinny speaks to both founder George Dawes Green and director Catherine Burns to hear of the origin, not only of their storytelling phenomenon, but of storytelling itself Read more »| 05 Aug 2014