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 ReviewsBecoming Dangerous
Witchy femmes, queer conjurers, and magical rebels write about the interweaving of magic and ritual in their lives Read more »| 09 Mar 2018 -
Features
Brazen Rebels: 5 Books for International Women's Day
For International Women's Day, The Skinny looks at five bold and brilliant illustrated books released in 2018 which celebrate trailblazing women Read more »| 08 Mar 2018 -
Book ReviewsBig Bones by Laura Dockrill
Once it reaches its tipping point, Laura Dockrill's novel is an enveloping tale Read more »| 06 Mar 2018 -
Events
StAnza Poetry Festival: 5 Events to Catch
Ahead of Scotland's beloved poetry festival StAnza kicking off this week, we pick out five must-see events Read more »| 06 Mar 2018 -
EventsScottish Poetry News: March 2018
A look at the month ahead in the poetry world, as StAnza and Aye Write! festivals return for 2018 Read more »| 05 Mar 2018 -
Features
Introducing The Little Book of Feminist Saints
The Little Book of Feminist Saints showcases the women through history who broke new ground, shattered glass ceilings, and broke the mould. We talk to its creators Read more »| 05 Mar 2018
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Book Reviews
Folk by Zoe Gilbert
The literary equivalent of blackberry wine drunk outdoors under the trees Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Book Reviews
Sal by Mick Kitson
In Sal, Kitson has captured a curious quality of teenagerhood. Read more »| 02 Mar 2018 -
Features
World Book Day: Our favourite books of the year
To celebrate World Book Day, we celebrate some of the best books we've read (or re-read) over the past year, from modern greats to prescient classics Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
Features
Revolutionary Reading: The World of Book Clubs
Can a book club be a radical space? To celebrate World Book Day we talk to a number of book clubs around Glasgow and Edinburgh to discuss the importance of coming together to discuss stories in all their forms Read more »| 01 Mar 2018 -
Features
Katie Kitamura on A Separation
Katie Kitamura’s A Separation was one of the most finely tuned novels of 2017 – smart, stylish, tragic, human – and publishes in paperback on World Book Day. She reflects on tackling the personal and political, in the shadow of Trump and Brexit Read more »| 28 Feb 2018 -
Tv Radio
Amazon are adapting Iain M Banks’ Culture novels into a new series
The Culture, the fictional interstellar utopian society imagined in the sci-fi novels of Iain M. Banks, is being adapted by Amazon Studios’ television wing Read more »| 22 Feb 2018 -
Book ReviewsDark Pines by Will Dean
The first book in this new crime fiction series is a compelling and deftly written crime drama Read more »| 12 Feb 2018 -
Events
Muriel Spark at 100: The Crème de la Crème
On the eve of Muriel Spark's 100th birthday, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Birlinn and the Lyceum present Crème de la Crème, a guided tour through her life Read more »| 01 Feb 2018 -
Book Reviews
In The Pines by Erik Kriek
Five ominous murder ballads are explored by graphic novelist Erik Kriek, in this new English translation Read more »| 31 Jan 2018