Edinburgh Festivals
The Skinny guide to art, book and film festivals in Edinburgh. The latest previews, reviews and features.
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BooksThe Lives in Letters: An Interview with Shaun Usher and Simon Garfield
The lost art of letter writing will brought to life at Edinburgh International Book Festival by Simon Garfield, Shaun Usher and a host of performing friends at their event, Letters Live Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
BooksShattering the Myth: Gruff Rhys on his American adventure
Gruff Rhys talks about setting the story straight on John Evans, a legendary 18th-century Welsh explorer and political radical, in his new multimedia project American Interior. He'll speak about his own adventures at Edinburgh Book Festival this month Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
Books
Take a Long Hard Look at Your Shelf: Anneliese Mackintosh
Anneliese Mackintosh, author of the wonderful début story collection Any Other Mouth, performs on 13 August with Vic Galloway & Friends at Jura Unbound. Read more »| 06 Aug 2014 -
Books
The Moth: Drawn to the Flame
As The Moth spread their wings and head for Edinburgh, The Skinny speaks to both founder George Dawes Green and director Catherine Burns to hear of the origin, not only of their storytelling phenomenon, but of storytelling itself Read more »| 05 Aug 2014 -
FilmWelcome to New York
Abel Ferrara’s blunt-force Welcome to New York is a thinly-veiled fictionalisation of the sexual assault incident that disgraced former IMF chief Domin... Read more »| 04 Aug 2014 -
Videos
Noel Clarke on The Anomaly: Video interview
Noel Clarke talks to us about his recent release The Anomaly, a sci-fi thriller starring Ian Somerhalder, Brian Cox and Luke Hemsworth, in which a soldier wa... Read more »| 31 Jul 2014
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Books
Take a Long Hard Look at Your Shelf: Aidan Moffat
Musician, poet and storyteller Aidan Moffat tells us what's on his shelf ahead of his performance at the Neu! Reekie! event during Jura Unbound on 14 Aug Read more »| 31 Jul 2014 -
Art
1 Second Revolution: GENERATION's Paul Carter retrospective
Part of both GENERATION and EAF, Icaro Menippus [x2] offers a long anticipated retrospective of the work of sculptor Paul Carter Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
ArtWhere Do I End and You Begin: The Common Wealth
Bringing together curators and artists from across the Commonwealth, Where Do I End and You Begin offers an ambitious and wide-ranging discussion on art practice and life across the globe Read more »| 29 Jul 2014 -
Film
Small Pleasures: Scottish Shorts at EIFF 2014
Showcasing the fruits of a Creative Scotland-funded initiative led by production companies DigiCult and Hopscotch, today’s Scottish Shorts screening ha... Read more »| 08 Jul 2014 -
Film
EIFF 2014: Life May Be
Life May Be is a five part cinematic correspondence between Irish filmmaker Mark Cousins and Iranian filmmaker Mania Akbari, made over the last year, du... Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
Books
Hero's Return: James Yorkston
James Yorkston is becoming something of a fixture in the Jura Unbound programme. Fife’s finest takes up residence for the Edinburgh launch of his new a... Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
Books
Unbound 2014: What's On
Unbound, at a glance Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
Books
100% Proof: Spirits in the Spiegeltent
Séance master E.O. Higgins (or is that Laars Head?) talks about breaking on through to the other side, in both publishing and psychic matters Read more »| 03 Jul 2014 -
Books
Sticks & Stones: Interview with Page Match organiser Dan Cockrill
As opposing poets get into character and enter the ring (no literary metaphor – an actual wrestling ring), we find that names can and will definitely hurt you Read more »| 03 Jul 2014