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
Big Word Poetry
Events like Big Word are changing the way poetry is understood, and ushering it into the mainstream. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Book Reviews
One City - Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, Irvine Welsh
The proceeds from this thin volume, featuring Edinburgh's most popular contemporary authors, will go to the One City Trust, which aims to tackle social injus... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Book Reviews
Justina Robson - Living Next Door to the God of Love
In a multi-dimensional future, the fate of human kind and the universe is up for grabs in a showdown between the schismatic, shape-changing Jalaeka and the o... Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Book Reviews
Cormac McCarthy - No Country For Old Men
The plot twists in unexpected ways, pushing back against conventions of justice or happy endings Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Book Reviews
Ismail Kadare - The Successor
An atmospheric, gripping mystery, infused with awareness of the place and its people. Read more »| 15 Feb 2006 -
Features
Edinburgh: UNESCO City of Literature
A Sense of Place' sets the pace for a bright future for Edinburgh as a UNESCO City of Literature Read more »| 15 Feb 2006
