Alistair Braidwood 
Book Review – Clairmont by Lesley McDowall
There are few literary groups where the real lives of the writers garner as ...
Interview – Martin Stewart On Double Proof And Life As A Writer
Better known to date as a writer of children’s and young adult fiction, Martin ...
Interview: Doug Johnstone On The Collapsing Wave
Since his debut novel, Tombstoning, was published in 2006, Doug Johnstone has produced a ...
10 Best Scottish Books We’re Looking Forward To In 2024
2023 was another impressive year for Scottish writing, with many of the best books ...
Colin Burnett – Who’s Aldo (book review)
Colin Burnett’s previous book, the 2021 short story collection A Working Class State of ...
Ajay Close – What Doesn’t Kill Us (book review)
It’s always a pleasure to be able to recommend the books of Ajay Close. ...
Book Review – Maud Woolf’s Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock
The best science fiction works on a number of levels, with readers getting as ...
Book Review – The Old Haunts Book by Allan Radcliffe
The best writing holds a mirror to the reader, and Allan Radcliffe’s debut novel ...
Ten of the Best Scottish Books of 2023
Every year tells a different story in terms of books, and it’s always interesting ...
Book – Connective Tissue by Eleanor Thom
Eleanor Thom’s Connective Tissue begins as two stories across time, but they weave together ...
Interview – Gillian Shirreffs On Brodie And The Unreliable Narrator
Every so often a book comes along with a premise so original that you ...
Book Review – Catch The Moments As They Fly by Zoë Strachan
When Zoë Strachan’s debut novel Negative Space was published, back in 2002, it announced ...
SNACK has a clear commitment to equality: we were the first, and still the only, Scottish publication to make a Keychange pledge committing to take positive action for a representative music industry.
We committed to a 50/50 gender balance in our coverage in 2021 and have exceeded this pledge annually since.
