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
Homicide: A Year on The Killing Streets
Wire fans, this is where it all began. David Simon, who (if you don’t know) is the creator of The Wire, was once a journalist for the Baltimore Sun. He... Read more »| 07 Oct 2008 -
Features
Ever Had a Day Like These?
Here’s one from the department of phenomenally good ideas: The Scottish Book Trust and BBC Scotland have teamed up for a project called ‘Days Lik... Read more »| 02 Oct 2008 -
Book Reviews
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
The Gargoyle is a contemporary gothic love story, made like a mosaic from pieces of fairytales and love stories from the ages. An epic debut by Andrew Davids... Read more »| 30 Sep 2008 -
Book Reviews
Ansel Adams: Landscapes of the American West
Ansel Adams was a legendary photographer. He mainly shot landscapes, specifically large-scale American landscapes, and his photographs are often breathtaking... Read more »| 29 Sep 2008 -
Book Reviews
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: So Many Ways to Sleep Badly
Hot on the heels of an expanded second edition of That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is back on the scene with a new novel. Alma Cork joins the dots. Read more »| 26 Sep 2008 -
Features
A Snowball in Hell...
...And Billy Franks as well. Keir Hind caught up with Christopher Brookmyre at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and they chatted about his new book and a new kind of launch night... Read more »| 02 Sep 2008
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Features
Linn Ullmann: An Island of Her Own
Whilst at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Keir Hind spoke to Linn Ullmann about her new novel, A Blessed Child. Read more »| 25 Aug 2008 -
Festivals
Dave McKean @ EIBF, 19 Aug
If the Book Festival ever became fatiguing due to its surplus of talented egos crammed into one concentrated space, Dave McKean would be the perfect antidote... Read more »| 22 Aug 2008 -
Book Reviews
A Good and Happy Child by Justin Evans
Evans seems to have written this with a film treatment already in mind Read more »| 13 Aug 2008 -
Book Reviews
After Dark by Haruki Murakami
He can take you to a library of unicorn skulls and it'll seem like the most natural thing in the world. Read more »| 11 Aug 2008 -
Book Reviews
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean
MacLean writes with a historian’s eye for detail Read more »| 07 Aug 2008 -
Book Reviews
St. Lucy's Home For Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen Russell
Two young boys set sail in the exoskeleton of a giant crab Read more »| 06 Aug 2008 -
Festivals
The Skinny Event - Chuck Palahniuk @ Charlotte Square Gardens, 16 Aug
Everything smart that Brad Pitt parroted in Fincher's Fight Club came straight from Palahniuk's keyboard Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
The Skinny Event - Shane Koyczan @ Charlotte Square Gardens, 22 Aug
Koyczan’s ‘We Are More’ is the only poem I’ve ever read that made me want to be a Canadian. Read more »| 31 Jul 2008 -
Festivals
The Book Festival of Book Festivals...
The massive names sell out quickly, so here's a few others you might want to consider... Read more »| 23 Jul 2008