Books

From folk to punk and now hip-hop, music has long enjoyed a powerful kinship with poetry: together more than a sum of their parts. We speak to four Unbounders at the forefront of this cross-cultural collaboration to better understand the relationship Read more »

Instead of reading to our words, let's listen to theirs. Here's a selection of sentences and stanzas which have come out of the mouths of our 2016 Unbounders. Read more »

You can put her on stage but can ye Makar sing? Yes and no. Our ex national Bard updates poet Clare Mulley on her Unbound night of folk, pop, poetry and jazz... Read more »

Canada's history is intrinsically linked with Scotland's, and as the whole world keeps on shrinking, all our futures are tied together. So let’s cram into the Spiegeltent, perhaps pour a whisky/whiskey and let four amazing writers educate and entertain us Read more »

Highlight Arts focuses on Pakistan in this year's Unbound – the result of a period of collaboration between artists from Glasgow and Lahore, swapping stories across continents through translation and empathy. There will be words and music and celebration Read more »

Each August, Unbound offers 16 nights of free literary shenanigans which push performance to the fore. Roland Gulliver suggests you say hello once more to the improper child of the festival proper Read more »

'Indescribable' is Geoff Dyer's trademark term. Ranked among Alain De Botton's favourite contemporary writers and dubbed 'the best living writer in Britain' by the Telegraph, his new book captures literal and metaphorical travels with irascible wit Read more »