Books
The Skinny book guide – bringing you book reviews, features, events, reviews and author interviews. Find previews and on the ground reporting from festivals of literature and poetry in Scotland and beyond.
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Book Reviews
Atrocitology by Matthew White
The premise of Atrocitology seems morbid, at the very least. Author Matthew White has compiled a list of humanity’s 100 deadliest ‘achievements&r... Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
Features
Neil Forsyth: The Funniest Men In Dundee
Think that title's a bit underwhelming? You don’t know how wrong you are Read more »| 31 Oct 2011 -
Book Reviews
Killing the Messenger by Christopher Wallace
Mental health as a vote-winning issue might stretch the most overactive of imaginations, but that’s the premise behind Killing The Messenger. ... Read more »| 27 Oct 2011 -
Book Reviews
Work! Consume! Die! by Frankie Boyle
Frankie Boyle’s new book is a curious mixture of the expected harsh humour with social commentary and fiction. The book is a series of chapters of Fran... Read more »| 26 Oct 2011 -
Book Reviews
The Glamour Chase by Tom Doyle
First published a year after Billy Mackenzie’s suicide in 1997, the 2011 edition of The Glamour Chase contains a Foreword written by Björk (descri... Read more »| 25 Oct 2011 -
Features
Getting Wasted with Allan Wilson
Allan Wilson’s debut short story collection, Wasted in Love, tells stories that could be described as ‘scenes from Glasgow, 2011’. And quite frankly, it's a brilliant book, well crafted, authentic and necessary. And since it’s set in Glasgow, a number of the stories involve drink in one way or another, more by necessity than design... which gives us a tenuous but excellent excuse for an interview/pub game hybrid Read more »| 26 Sep 2011
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Book Reviews
The Tree That Bleeds
In 2001 Nick Holdstock travelled to Yining, a city in China’s largest province – the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region – to ‘teach En... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
Book Reviews
The Darkest Walk, by Malcom Archibald
The workers are revolting – and not just because they haven’t had a wash. Insurrection is in the air, and only one man can save the respectable... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
Book Reviews
Good Offices by Evelio Rosero
Evelio Rosero won his first literary award in 1979, and it would come as no surprise if he were given another honour for new novel Good Offices. Set in Ros... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
Book Reviews
Gioconda by Lucille Turner
Gioconda – a study of the life of Leonardo da Vinci – is a first novel by Lucille Turner, imagining thelife of the artist, from his humble beginn... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
Book Reviews
Ragnarok: The End of the Gods by AS Byatt
One of the most distinguished contributors to Canongate's 'Myths' series, AS Byatt has long been fascinated by the nihilistic glamour of Ragnarok, where, in ... Read more »| 22 Sep 2011 -
News
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 -
News
Hot off the Comics Press: First Issues
New titles and old heroes Read more »| 12 Sep 2011 -
Festivals
Wigtown Book Festival
The Wigtown Book Festival, 23 Sep - 2 Oct, features high-profile authors Max Arthur, Maggie O'Farrell and Alan Bissett among many others Read more »| 12 Sep 2011 -
Book Reviews
Turf by Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards
Turf is Jonathan Ross’s debut as writer of a comic series, and this collection of the first five issues, which form a complete story, is a winn... Read more »| 08 Sep 2011