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 ReviewsAnimal Joy by Nuar Alsadir
Nuar Alsadir weaves together an effortless tale of laughter, mortification and the human soul in her first book of creative nonfiction Read more »| 05 Aug 2022 -
Book ReviewsBelonging by Amanda Thomson
Belonging is a thoughtful and intricate meditation on landscape, family, and the fine line between nature and art Read more »| 03 Aug 2022 -
FeaturesScottish Poetry News: August 2022
Here's the latest news on poetry performances and collections across Edinburgh for August Read more »| 28 Jul 2022 -
Book ReviewsDelphi by Clare Pollard
Lyrical and ambitious, humorous and disturbing at points, Delphi is a relatable tale which captures 2020 as a sharply realised microcosm Read more »| 27 Jul 2022 -
Book ReviewsReclaiming by Yewande Biala
Yewande Biala offers piercing honesty and a sisterly voice in her new essay collection, Reclaiming Read more »| 27 Jul 2022 -
Book ReviewsPaper Cuts by Ted Kessler
Ted Kessler, Editor of Q magazine when it folded in 2020, bears witness to the precarious, and often extreme, world of music publishing Read more »| 18 Jul 2022
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Book ReviewsNudes by Elle Nash
The short stories in Nudes - featuring working class women striving to survive in a harsh and unforgiving world - are sharp and often shocking Read more »| 18 Jul 2022 -
Book ReviewsTeen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan
A humorous and neurotic narrator livens up Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors, a comedy of errors which takes a deep dive into modern Indian society Read more »| 06 Jul 2022 -
Book ReviewsChildren of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
Children of Paradise, following an usher drawn into the carnivalesque world of an independent cinema, is a wry cautionary tale for cinema lovers Read more »| 05 Jul 2022 -
FeaturesMichael 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 -
EventsScottish 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 ReviewsHoney & 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 -
FestivalsEdinburgh 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 -
FeaturesDo 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 -
FeaturesFigures 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