> Alistair Braidwood, Author at SNACK: Music, film, arts and culture magazine for Scotland

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Alistair Braidwood

Chris McQueer on Hermit: masculinity, incels, and isolation

Chris McQueer’s debut novel, Hermit, is one of the most acclaimed Scottish books of ...

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Alistair Braidwood 01/08/2025

Books

Mhairi Collie on Fiction, Fistula, and The Bright Fabric of Life

Taking inspiration from her work as a consultant surgeon, Mhairi Collie’s debut novel, The ...

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Alistair Braidwood 03/07/2025

Books

From Scenes Like These Deserves Its Place in the Scottish Literary Canon

The term ‘lost classic’ is a loaded one, often referring to a book which ...

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Alistair Braidwood 06/06/2025

The Malt Whisky Murders: Natalie Jayne Clark on Her Debut Crime Thriller

Crime fiction and whisky: aspects of Scotland’s culture which have come to help define ...

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Alistair Braidwood 04/06/2025

How Queer Music Shaped Scotland – Small Town Joy by Carrie Marshall

Perhaps best known as the author of the acclaimed memoir Carrie Kills A Man, ...

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Alistair Braidwood 27/05/2025

Craig A. Smith on Love, Loss, and the Shaping of Modern Scotland (interview)

Craig A. Smith’s 2013 debut novel, The Mile, was one of the few to ...

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Alistair Braidwood 08/04/2025

Karen Campbell on Quiet Voices, Gentle Hands, and Resilience (interview)

Karen Campbell’s previous novel Paper Cup tackled homelessness and mental health and it resonated ...

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Alistair Braidwood 07/03/2025

Books

10 Books from Scotland for 2025

Looking back, 2024 was another notable year for Scottish writing, with many of the ...

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Alistair Braidwood 18/02/2025

Books

ALAN TAYLOR Edinburgh: The Autobiography (Book Review)

With Edinburgh: The Autobiography, Alan Taylor does for the nation’s capital what he has ...

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Alistair Braidwood 10/12/2024

Ten Best Scottish Books of 2024

2024 has been another year of notable publications. There have been delightful debuts, memorable ...

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Alistair Braidwood 05/12/2024

Books

RACHELLE ATALLA Book: The Salt Flats

Rachelle Atalla’s previous novels, The Pharmacist and Thirsty Animals, introduced readers to a writer ...

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Alistair Braidwood 02/11/2024

MALACHY TALLACK on distance and difference between life and song.

Author and singer/songwriter Malachy Tallack brings both those creative roles to That Beautiful Atlantic ...

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Alistair Braidwood 01/11/2024

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