Books

The Year of Open Doors is an upcoming collection of new Scottish writing, edited by Rodge Glass (properly: Dr Rodge Glass, novelist and eminent Gravian) and published by Mark Buckland (properly: Mr M. Buckland esq, head of Cargo Publishing), which will showcase a selection of its stories at Unbound on 22 August. The Skinny met up with the pair to talk books, events and Tory names Read more »

Unbound events happen every night from 15 to 30 August in the Highland Park Spiegeltent in Charlotte Square, part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. All events bar the closing party are free and unticketed. To get in, simply turn up on the night. We suggest arriving in advance of the start time for a better chance of securing a seat. Events start at 9pm and the bar is open until 1am Read more »

That's Gutter Magazine, so don't get too excited. Or maybe you should, because they've a very unusual event planned... Read more »

The name Martin Stannard might not be familiar, but his subject, Muriel Spark, was, and the crowd was packed tight to hear about her. Stannard read a section... Read more »

Best known as a political cartoonist, Gerald Scarfe is really a very accomplished artist in many genres. Happily wired up to a PowerPoint show, Scarfe was ab... Read more »