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Kathleen Jamie on milestones, micro essays, and navigating the future (Interview)

As Kathleen Jamie – essayist, editor, and Makar (National Poet for Scotland) – reached ...

Emily Henderson 15/07/2024

Andrés N. Ordorica ‘How We Named The Stars’ (Book Review)

In How We Named the Stars, debut novelist Andrés N. Ordorica explores coming-of-age in ...

Anna Ireland 11/07/2024

Elle Nash on alchemising the beautiful brutal. Formative books, body horror, and the darker side of human experience.

Since the publication of her critically acclaimed 2018 novella, Animals Eat Each Other, Elle ...

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Alistair Braidwood 10/07/2024

Graeme Thomson ‘Under The Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush’ (Book Review)

Revised and updated as part of Omnibus Press’ Remastered series, Graeme Thomson’s Under The ...

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Alistair Braidwood 09/07/2024

Jen Hadfield ‘Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland’ (Book Review)

With Storm Pegs: A Life Made in Shetland, Poet Jen Hadfield has created an ...

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Keira Brown 09/07/2024

Eve Smith ‘How Was It for You?: Stories From A Sex Worker’ (Book Review)

Eve Smith has spent over twenty years as a sex worker, with roles as ...

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Keira Brown 17/06/2024

Genevieve Jagger on confession, weird sex, sin, vampire mythology, and secrets

Among the most eagerly awaited debut novels of recent years, Genevieve Jagger’s Fragile Animals ...

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Alistair Braidwood 13/06/2024

Rose Ruane ‘Birding’ (Book Review)

A novel that proves you can come of age at any age. Lydia is ...

Louise Holland 10/06/2024

Douglas Skelton ‘The Hollow Mountain’ (Book Review)

In terms of crime fiction, few writers have the stylistic range that Douglas Skelton ...

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Alistair Braidwood 10/06/2024

Andrew O’Hagan – Caledonian Road (book review)

An epic novel examining the complex lives of a cast of characters whose stories ...

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Alistair Braidwood 17/05/2024

Book Review – The Secrets of Blythswood Square by Sara Sheridan

Although it begins on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill, Sara Sheridan’s latest novel, The Secrets of ...

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Alistair Braidwood 11/05/2024

Books

Book Review – Like Love: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson

Maggie Nelson’s (Bluets, The Argonauts) latest work, Like Love: Essays and Conversations, is both ...

Ambrose Kelly 10/05/2024

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