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Comedy
A Long Time Coming: Josie Long on her debut book
Award-winning comedian and mum of two Josie Long is now an author. She talks to us from halfway across the world about her debut book, Because I Don’t Know What You Mean and What You Don’t Read more »| 15 May 2023 -
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Musicality, desire and Blackness in Caleb Azumah Nelson's Small Worlds
Caleb Azumah Nelson's remarkable sophomore novel Small Worlds is an investigation into music as a structuring force, and as a space where its characters can find security and expression Read more »| 09 May 2023 -
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True Crime & Smuggling Snails: Alice Slater & Heather Parry in conversation
Authors Heather Parry and Alice Slater sit down over a shared Google Doc to discuss Slater's new book, the power of unlikeable characters, and grossness in fiction Read more »| 26 Apr 2023 -
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Alice Slater on her true crime-inspired debut Death of a Bookseller
We chat with Alice Slater about her fierce, grimy debut Death of a Bookseller and the legacy of true crime in fiction and beyond Read more »| 17 Apr 2023 -
Intersections
Lucky (& Radical) in Love: A first read of Anahit Behrooz's BFFs
There's something truly powerful about female friendships – the intimacy, the joy, the romance. 404 Ink's BFFs by our very own Anahit Behrooz explores all this and more Read more »| 08 Mar 2023 -
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Leila Aboulela on her latest novel River Spirit
We chat with Cairo-born, Sudan-raised and Aberdeen-resident Leila Aboulela about her latest novel River Spirit, and the importance of re-examining the histories we are handed Read more »| 02 Mar 2023
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Home Country: Orsola Casagrande on Kurdistan + 100
Orsola Casagrande introduces Kurdistan + 100, an anthology of speculative fiction which seeks to embed the Kurdish identity in the historical record Read more »| 20 Feb 2023 -
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Kirsty Logan on her latest novel Now She Is Witch
Kirsty Logan, the acclaimed author of The Gracekeepers and The Gloaming, tells us about her queer, witchy new novel Read more »| 04 Jan 2023 -
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The Skinny's Books of 2022: Our Writers' Favourites
Our Books Team count down their favourite books of the year, from Gothic cinema tales to Mogwai memoirs Read more »| 15 Dec 2022 -
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The Skinny's Books of 2022
So many books, so little time. Our writers tell us about some of their absolute favourite reads from this year – get your Christmas reading sorted here Read more »| 05 Dec 2022 -
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Scottish Books News: November 2022
November sees the return of Push the Boat Out and the Radical Book Fair, as well as new poetry nights across the Central Belt and Aberdeen Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
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More Fiya: The Black-British poetry collection at Push the Boat Out
We chat with some of the poets featured in More Fiya, the Black-British poetry collection that is being centred at this year's Push the Boat Out poetry festival Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
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Scottish Poetry News: October 2022
October kicks off with National Poetry Day, and there's plenty more workshops and collections for poetry fanatics after that Read more »| 04 Oct 2022 -
Intersections
Black Oot Here: The new book archiving Black Scottish history
Francesca Sobande and layla-roxanne hill, authors of the upcoming book Black Oot Here: Black Lives in Scotland, on acknowledging and archiving Black Scottish history Read more »| 03 Oct 2022 -
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Heather Parry on Orpheus Builds a Girl
Glasgow-based writer and editor Heather Parry introduces Orpheus Builds a Girl, her hotly-anticipated debut, a chilling story of deranged infatuation, medical abuse, coercion and power Read more »| 03 Oct 2022