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NewsRIP Amiri Baraka, founder of the Black Arts Movement
A poet, novelist, activist and founding father of the Black Arts Movement, Amiri Baraka passed away yesterday at the age of 79 Read more »| 10 Jan 2014 -
NewsCosta Book of the Year Award: Category winners announced
The winners of this year's categories in the Costa Book of the Year Awards have been announced, with Kate Atkinson taking home the Novel Award prize for her eighth book, Life After Life Read more »| 06 Jan 2014 -
NewsLouis de Bernières to launch StAnza Festival 2014
Taking place in St. Andrews from 5 to 9 March next year, the annual StAnza Poetry Festival will be launched by intenrnationally acclaimed novelist Louis de Bernières, author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin Read more »| 10 Dec 2013 -
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R.I.P. Nelson Mandela: The World Reacts
Nelson Mandela, the former South African President and civil rights campaigner who led South Africa out of the apartheid era, passed away last night after an... Read more »| 06 Dec 2013 -
NewsBooks: One Whole Week of Them
Book Week Scotland will take place from 26 Nov to 2 Dec, during which time hundreds (literally hundreds) of events will take place. Some even look pretty good too. Here's a brief selection of some we like the look of Read more »| 26 Oct 2012 -
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Hot Off the Comics Press: Villains, Pigs and Nerve
It's going to be incredibly tough for the next few weeks to look past 'the new 52' titles DC has on offer each and every week - which is a far too long a lis... Read more »| 14 Sep 2011
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Hot off the Comics Press: First Issues
New titles and old heroes Read more »| 12 Sep 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Picks Of The Week 3 August
It's time to get back to work cleaning the streets of the Marvel Universe. Metaphorically of course, as Frank Castle returns in Punisher #1 written by Eisner... Read more »| 03 Aug 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Picks Of The Week 22 June
Disney Pixar have had an incredible run of feature films, with an almost consistent output of critically acclaimed 5-star ventures – bar one, Cars. Alt... Read more »| 22 Jun 2011 -
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Hot of the Comics Press: Picks of the week
With DC’s domination of the media coverage after their big announcement, and the fallout regarding its renumbering of 52 titles back to number #1s, Mar... Read more »| 15 Jun 2011 -
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Hot off the Comics Press: Marvel No. 1s
As the comic book community prepares itself for a deluge of first issues this coming September, courtesy of DC taking a step back in time, Marvel has similar... Read more »| 08 Jun 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Static Shock Special
February 2011 was one of sad loss for the comic book community with the untimely passing of Dwayne McDuffie. A writer for both print and television, McDuffie... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
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Comic Book Guy: Glasgow Comic-Con sells out
Before The Skinny could give it the preview it deserves, Glasgow Comic Con has put up the foreclosure on tickets with a big sign “CON tickets are now S... Read more »| 01 Jun 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Picks Of The Week 25 May
'When good guys go bad' may sound like a trashy US reality TV special, but as a narrative exposit it is one that Eisner-nominated writer Mark Waid has relish... Read more »| 25 May 2011 -
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Hot Off The Comics Press: Picks Of The Week 18 May
They say familiarity breeds contempt, but this old mantra just doesn't work when talking about the most reliable and consistently superb titles. With each an... Read more »| 18 May 2011