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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FeaturesBeth McColl on How To Come Alive Again
Ahead of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019, we talk to Beth McColl about her new book How To Come Alive Again on navigating the good and bad days and the power of small goals Read more »| 07 May 2019 -
Book ReviewsWhere Are The Women? by Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridan's Where Are The Women? is a comprehensive, vital portrait of Scotland through a female lens Read more »| 01 May 2019 -
Book ReviewsTrust Exercise by Susan Choi
Susan Choi's new novel Trust Exercise is an uncomfortable, confusing and pretty unnavigable read Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsCrossing by Pajtim Statovci
Borders, bodies, identities and genders are all crossed in Pajtim Statovci’s new novel Crossing Read more »| 30 Apr 2019 -
NewsScottish Poetry News: May 2019
Spring means the beginning of festival season, plus a host of exciting new publications - we round up the best literary and spoken word events taking place across Scotland Read more »| 29 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsThe Ice House by Tim Clare
Dense with poetic detail, Tim Clare's The Ice House is a fantasy tale that shines with originality Read more »| 29 Apr 2019
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Book ReviewsThe Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal
Elizabeth Macneal's debut novel is a well-crafted historical novel whose pages flirt with darkness and obsession Read more »| 28 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsFallen Angel by Chris Brookmyre
A claustrophobic meta exploration of conspiracy, Chris Brookmyre's new novel is a must-read for thriller fans Read more »| 23 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
In Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea Lawlor manages to define queerness in a way few books have been able to achieve Read more »| 10 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsThe Parisian by Isabella Hammad
A sweeping tale that charts many years in the life of a young Palestinian man, The Parisian's themes and characters will remain with audiences long after the novel is over Read more »| 08 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsOnly Americans Burn in Hell by Jarett Kobek
Jarett Kobek's new novel reads like Kurt Vonnegut meets Stewart Lee meets a Twitter-thread wormhole Read more »| 07 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsFinding Sea Glass by Hannah Lavery
Hannah Lavery's furious, tender and intimate new poetry pamphlet is an absolute must-read Read more »| 03 Apr 2019 -
Book ReviewsAyesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Compassionate, warm, and wholly satisfying, Ayesha At Last is a welcome take on Pride and Prejudice, set in a Muslim community in Toronto Read more »| 02 Apr 2019 -
NewsScottish Poetry News: April 2019
April brings with it a slew of new poetry collections alongside live highlights including multimedia show Drone and Hollie McNish back on tour Read more »| 29 Mar 2019 -
FeaturesDamian Barr: "Fiction shows us other lives"
As his much-anticipated debut novel You Will Be Safe Here is published, Damian Barr discusses the empathy of reading, modern day masculinity and the history of colonial brutality Read more »| 29 Mar 2019