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BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Week two recap
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival draws to a close for 2021, we recap a handful of highlights from their second week of hybrid literary entertainment Read more »| 31 Aug 2021 -
BooksEdinburgh International Book Festival: Week one recap
As Edinburgh International Book Festival returns in hybrid form for 2021, The Skinny team have been diving into some of the programme highlights – here's our recap of week one Read more »| 23 Aug 2021 -
BooksOnwards & Upwards: Edinburgh Book Festival preview
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival returns for 2021 in a new location with a new hybrid set-up, we dive into the highlights of their programme, which looks to celebrate the ideas and stories for a changing world Read more »| 10 Aug 2021 -
BooksNina Mingya Powles on Small Bodies of Water
Nan Shepherd Prize winner Nina Mingya Powles discusses her new book Small Bodies of Water, periods, nature writing and colonialism Read more »| 05 Aug 2021 -
BooksTorrey Peters on Detransition, Baby
Ahead of her Skinny-sponsored event at Edinburgh International Book Festival, Torrey Peters discusses Detransition, Baby Read more »| 30 Jul 2021 -
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Edinburgh Book Festival reveals 2021 programme
Edinburgh Book Festival returns this August with a hybrid online-offline programme of 250 events featuring authors from around the world Read more »| 06 Jul 2021
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BooksEdinburgh Book Festival goes online for 2020
The Edinburgh Book Festival's online programme kicks off this weekend – we take a look at what's in store Read more »| 13 Aug 2020 -
BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: Queering History
We listen in as Kate Charlesworth and Luke Turner discuss their books which aim to add to a queer historical canon Read more »| 29 Aug 2019 -
BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: The Final Weekend
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival draws to a close, The Skinny stopped by one final round of the festival's 2019 events, encompassing writers from across Scotland, the UK, and wider world Read more »| 29 Aug 2019 -
BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: A Feast of Fiction
With an international line-up in Edinburgh for the city's book festival, The Skinny popped by to catch some fine fiction authors appearing at Charlotte Square Gardens Read more »| 22 Aug 2019 -
BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: The Second Weekend
As the Edinburgh International Book Festival continues to bring a range of brilliant writers to Charlotte Square Gardens, The Skinny rounds up some of the stand out events from the festival's middle weekend Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: The World Around Us
With authors from across the world descending on Charlotte Square Gardens, The Skinny rounds up some of the best non-fiction events from the first full week of the Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 21 Aug 2019 -
BooksEdinburgh Book Festival: The First Weekend
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has arrived again and we headed down on the first weekend to see some of the best and most brilliant writing from across the UK and beyond Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
BooksThe Perseverance of Raymond Antrobus
Before he heads to the Edinburgh International Book Festival, we speak to Raymond Antrobus about his debut poetry collection Read more »| 08 Aug 2019 -
BooksKaite Welsh on The Unquiet Heart and Edinburgh Book Festival
Kaite Welsh discusses setting her writing in the Victorian era ahead of her appearance at Edinburgh International Book Festival Read more »| 07 Aug 2019