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FilmOn the set of Our Ladies with author Alan Warner
Back in 2018, the film adaptation of Alan Warner's The Sopranos was filming in Edinburgh. Three years later, the film – now titled Our Ladies – finally reaches Scottish cinemas. Here's our on-set chat with the author, over a bracingly expensive whisky Read more »| 17 Aug 2021 -
FestivalsOnwards & Upwards: Edinburgh Book Festival preview
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival returns for 2021 in a new location with a new hybrid set-up, we dive into the highlights of their programme, which looks to celebrate the ideas and stories for a changing world Read more »| 10 Aug 2021 -
FeaturesNina Mingya Powles on Small Bodies of Water
Nan Shepherd Prize winner Nina Mingya Powles discusses her new book Small Bodies of Water, periods, nature writing and colonialism Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
FeaturesTorrey Peters on Detransition, Baby
Ahead of her Skinny-sponsored event at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Torrey Peters discusses Detransition, Baby Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
FeaturesSara Jafari on The Mismatch
We meet Sara Jafari to discuss The Mismatch, her new novel exploring second-generation Iranian identity and its relationship to romantic and sexual desire Read more »| 24 Jun 2021 -
FeaturesThe New Normal of Scottish Spoken Word
As we venture ever more carefully out into the world with the easing of restrictions, it feels the perfect time to check in with Scotland's spoken word scene: what has changed, how do we return to normal – and should we? Read more »| 07 Jun 2021
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FeaturesMeet Extra Teeth: Words With Bite
We meet Jules Danskin and Heather Parry, the duo behind Scotland's most exciting new literary magazine, Extra Teeth Read more »| 24 May 2021 -
FeaturesHelen McClory on her new novel Bitterhall
Helen McClory offers an insight into her chilling neo-gothic novel Bitterhall Read more »| 01 Apr 2021 -
FeaturesStories of Salvation: Allison Galbraith interview
We meet Allison Galbraith, one of the storytellers engaging communities in the Green Futures strand of Glasgow Science Centre’s Our World, Our Impact programme Read more »| 25 Mar 2021 -
FeaturesCipher Press: Bold, Uncompromisingly Queer Books
One year on from the UK going into lockdown, we talk to the founders of Cipher Press to get to know one of the shining lights to have emerged from the pandemic in a celebration of queer publishing Read more »| 12 Mar 2021 -
FeaturesSalena Godden introduces Mrs Death Misses Death
In a world where mortality is at the forefront of many people's minds, Salena Godden introduces her debut novel: the collected memoir of Mrs Death herself, collated by a troubled young poet Read more »| 28 Jan 2021 -
FeaturesBryan Washington on memorials for our communities
Bryan Washington discusses his debut novel Memorial, a deep and multi-layered look at the lives and relationships of two queer men of colour in the USA Read more »| 05 Jan 2021 -
FeaturesThe Skinny's Books of 2020
If you're looking to squeeze a few more great books into 2020, here are The Skinny team's favourite reads from across the year Read more »| 09 Dec 2020 -
FeaturesCategory Is, Lighthouse and Book Nook on supporting indie bookshops
"Shop indie" is a common slogan, and in a year where Amazon's profits have soared while the majority struggle, Anahit Behrooz explores exactly why independent bookshops are important, and why your support matters more than ever Read more »| 30 Nov 2020 -
FeaturesRebecca Tamás ponders the anthropocene in Strangers
The impact of human existence on our planet is reaching its tipping point. Rebecca Tamás, whose new essay collection considers this era, ponders the true complexities of the relationship between the human and nonhuman Read more »| 04 Nov 2020