Features
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FeaturesRe-Releasing The Valve.
Literary journal Valve launched its debut issue in June 2011, as part of a Strathclyde University course project. It could have ended there, but the enthusiasm of the team for the project has meant that the second issue will arrive in October this year Read more »| 01 Oct 2012 -
FestivalsThe Edinburgh International Book Festival – It's A Funny Old Game
Had enough of sport this summer? Come to the Edinburgh Internatonal Book Festival. You'll be over the moon Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
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William Letford & Sean Borodale – Working Poets
The Skinny’s second event at the Book Festival will feature two poets who hold down other jobs: Sean Borodale and William Letford Read more »| 10 Aug 2012 -
FestivalsGrant Morrison, Comic Maestro
The Skinny’s first sponsored event at this year's Book Festival will feature the near-legendary Glaswegian comics writer Grant Morrison Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
FestivalsHopes For Mark Haddon
What will Mark Haddon's talk be about? Let's speculate Read more »| 03 Aug 2012 -
FestivalsCargo vs McSweeneys: Going Elsewhere
Conceived and commissioned by the Book Festival, published by an international dream team of Cargo and McSweeney's, Elsewhere brings together celebrated authors from around the world in a four volume wonder collection of short stories Read more »| 02 Aug 2012
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Three Nations at Unbound
This year Unbound features events from three different literary nations, Iceland, Ireland and the Netherlands. We take a closer look at what you can expect from each Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
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Illicit Ink and Magic
Illicit Ink is one of Edinburgh’s home grown spoken word events, which started as "an accident," says event runner Barbara Melville. A team-up between ... Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
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Hijacked by the Book Trust
In which your correspondent tries to interview a gaggle of the Scottish Book Trust’s Writers, but loses the battle when they commence interviewing one another Read more »| 30 Jul 2012 -
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Words Per Minute, Tested
Words per Minute is the Glasgow-based event which focuses on spoken word, but also can include music, film and other types of performance. The trick is that ... Read more »| 25 Jul 2012 -
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Unbound 2012: The Events
Become Unbound every night from 12-27 August in The Guardian Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square Gardens, as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. A... Read more »| 24 Jul 2012 -
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Welcome to Unbound 2012
Unbound is back for a third year, offering a programme of free, nightly events of stories, performance and music. Roland Gulliver, Programme Manager of the the Edinburgh International Book Festival, introduces the guide to this year's line-up Read more »| 09 Jul 2012 -
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Kohl Publishing: At the Kohl-Face
New event, new publisher, new book... what's going on? Read more »| 09 Jul 2012 -
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Edinburgh International Book Festival 2012 – An Introduction
Last year at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, James Robertson aired his Megrahi conspiracy, former CIA officer Michael Scheuer was heckled by a pro... Read more »| 03 Jul 2012 -
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Ewan Morrison: Interview From a Mall
Ewan Morrison is the acclaimed author of a trilogy of novels – Swung, Distance and Menage – about alternative sexuality. And so naturally he's followed these up with an examination of the way we shop. Let's go to a mall with him and see what happens. Read more »| 30 Apr 2012