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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Features
Michael Pedersen on Boy Friends
As he prepares to unleash his first book of prose, Boy Friends, we meet Michael Pedersen to discuss friendship, love and grief Read more »| 04 Jul 2022 -
Events
Scottish Poetry News: July 2022
July's spoken word and poetry round-up has new a new queer Scottish anthology, a new open mic in Edinburgh, and festival fun at Kelburn and Belladrum Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
Book Reviews
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
Honey and Spice is lyrical, witty, and maintains all the genre trappings that we love in romcoms, while doing something completely new Read more »| 01 Jul 2022 -
Festivals
Edinburgh International Book Festival: 2022 preview
As Edinburgh International Book Festival returns with a programme of in-person and streamed events, we pull out a few highlights Read more »| 27 Jun 2022 -
Features
Do It Yourself: Grassroots Art & Glasgow Zine Library
We chat with LD, the director of Glasgow Zine Library, about the radical potential of zine-making, and why Glasgow is the perfect city to do it Read more »| 27 Jun 2022 -
Features
Figures of Speech takes you on a journey through Scottish books
Figures of Speech is a new cross-artform series of live events that will bring together writers and artists to take us on a road trip through Scottish literature. We look ahead to what's in store Read more »| 10 Jun 2022
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Features
Scottish Poetry News: June 2022
June's poetry and spoken word round-up includes new releases from SPAM Press, and a bumper anthology of new Black British poetry Read more »| 31 May 2022 -
Book Reviews
Cyberman by Veronika Muchitsch
The new graphic novel by Veronika Muchitsch chronicles the life of Ari Kivikangas, who documented his life online on cyberman.tv Read more »| 27 May 2022 -
Features
Everyone In: Vicky Spratt on her new book, Tenants
We talk to Vicky Spratt about Tenants, her eye-opening new book looking at renters and their experience of Britain's housing emergency Read more »| 27 May 2022 -
Book Reviews
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
Hanna Bervoets tries to flesh out the world which surrounds content moderation, but the core questions she proposes feel somewhat out-of-date Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Book Reviews
Vladimir by Julia May Jonas
Bold, confident and sexy, Julia May Jonas' debut novel Vladimir tells two interweaving tales of desire and betrayal Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Book Reviews
More Fiya edited by Kayo Chingonyi
More Fiya is a passionately curated anthology showcasing a breadth of Black British poetics Read more »| 26 May 2022 -
Book Reviews
The Arena of the Unwell by Liam Konemann
Liam Konemann perfectly captures a bygone era of indie sleaze in the stunning queer coming-of-age novel, The Arena of the Unwell Read more »| 18 May 2022 -
Features
BHP Comics' Sha Nazir on The Bold Collection
Glasgow-based BHP Comics' Sha Nazir on their new Bold Collection, the challenges of indie publishing, and fostering more diverse voices in the Scottish comics scene Read more »| 13 May 2022 -
Book Reviews
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
In All the Lovers in the Night, Mieko Kawakami presents an achingly lonely character at the centre of a world that has little tolerance for her Read more »| 12 May 2022