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The Random Poetry Experiment
Poetry: it's great. But like music, it comes in many varieties. To explore the form, The Skinny's Books writers were randomly assigned some poetry collection... Read more »| 21 May 2008 -
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Being Emily is pure great, but...
Keir Hind interviews Anne Donovan about her new book, and his PC’s spell checker will never forgive him... Read more »| 25 Apr 2008 -
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Doug Johnstone at Aye Write!
Drug-fuelled punch-ups and seagull massacres anyone? Read more »| 06 Mar 2008 -
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The Wondrous World of Junot Diaz
A look at what could already be one of the books of the year, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Read more »| 05 Feb 2008 -
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Free Books! Or, The Strange Return of Jekyll and Hyde.
Stevenson's skill as a writer is still abundantly clear today Read more »| 06 Jan 2008 -
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Peanuts: from comic strip to bookshelf
Calvin and Hobbs gave its children-as-adults morality a modern edge, Bart Simpson became the post-modern Charlie Brown, while everything from Dilbert to South Park has co-opted Schulz's minimal, clean lines Read more »| 07 Dec 2007
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Nobel Intentions
Lessing actually considers her science fiction series to be amongst her most important work Read more »| 07 Nov 2007 -
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Gray Matters, Or 'Praise by Faint Damnation'.
The author writes in his old familiar style, which is to say that he is over-influenced by himself. Read more »| 08 Oct 2007 -
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Anna Politkovskaya Memorial Event - Timothy Phillips
Phillips's talk was as poignant as it was insightful Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Richard Dawkins Event
Insightful and intellectual, without being at all superior. Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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Us Kooks Pick Overlooked Books
Our choice of books we feel should be better known… Read more »| 08 Sep 2007 -
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A Feast of a Fest
These days they don't even have to bribe me to go Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Author Event: Maggie O'Farrell at the North Edinburgh Arts Centre
O'Farrell was lively and engaging, with some poignant stories. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
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Pottermania!
One of the major characters will die... serves them right for going anywhere near the 'Deathly Hallows'. Read more »| 10 Jun 2007 -
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AL Kennedy on Day (ONLINE VERSION!!!!!)
AL Kennedy has a secret: ""I am trying, desperately trying to get to write Doctor Who"" Read more »| 11 May 2007