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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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FeaturesThe Skinny's Books of 2022
So many books, so little time. Our writers tell us about some of their absolute favourite reads from this year – get your Christmas reading sorted here Read more »| 05 Dec 2022 -
EventsScottish Books Events: December 2022
Lots of bookish events in December, including Josie Long at The Stand's spoken word night and the launch of Scottish literary magazine Extra Teeth Read more »| 05 Dec 2022 -
Book ReviewsRaising Raffi by Keith Gessen
Novelist and translator Keith Gessen ditches the idea of universal experience for something much more personal in this memoir on fatherhood Read more »| 29 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsYou Must Believe in Spring by Mohamed Tonsy
Mohamed Tonsy's debut novel is a remarkable piece of political fiction that examines the thorny legacies of the Arab Spring Read more »| 25 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsBabel by R.F. Kuang
R.F. Kuang returns with a triumphant, harrowing fantasy examining the entanglement between academia, language and colonialism Read more »| 24 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsBlood Salt Spring by Hannah Lavery
Edinburgh Makar Hannah Lavery's debut collection shows her deft ability to marry the personal with the political Read more »| 24 Nov 2022
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Book ReviewsCarrie Kills a Man by Carrie Marshall
Carrie Marshall's collection of essays explores ideas of transition, community and self-acceptance Read more »| 09 Nov 2022 -
Book Reviews1000 Coils of Fear by Olivia Wenzel
Olivia Wenzel's debut explores the intersection between oppression and privilege Read more »| 09 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsLosing the Plot by Derek Owusu
Derek Owusu's latest is a tender, lyrical exploration of migration and parenthood Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
Book ReviewsIdol, Burning by Rin Usami
Rin Usami's latest novel explores the tangled, murky world of stan culture Read more »| 03 Nov 2022 -
FeaturesScottish Books News: November 2022
November sees the return of Push the Boat Out and the Radical Book Fair, as well as new poetry nights across the Central Belt and Aberdeen Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
FeaturesMore Fiya: The Black-British poetry collection at Push the Boat Out
We chat with some of the poets featured in More Fiya, the Black-British poetry collection that is being centred at this year's Push the Boat Out poetry festival Read more »| 31 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsDislocations by Sylvia Molloy
Charco Press' latest translated piece, Dislocations by the late Argentinian novelist Sylvia Molloy examines the power of memory when it is being lost Read more »| 27 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsX by Davey Davis
Following a sadist on the hunt for a beautiful dominatrix, X is a dark, sensuous page-turner mirroring our current geopolitical climate Read more »| 25 Oct 2022 -
Book ReviewsThe Consequences by Manuel Muñoz
Manuel Muñoz's short stories of migrant farmers in 1980s California paint the American Dream as bleak, cruel and crushing Read more »| 18 Oct 2022