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DONNA MATTHEW Remembering Myself (Book Review)

When I read this collection, in a single flinching sitting, it felt like I ...

ADAM ZMITH Solemates: A History of Our Fetish for Feet (Book Review) 

Adam Zmith’s Solemates: A History of Our Fetish for Feet is a prismatic look ...

ALAN TAYLOR Edinburgh: The Autobiography (Book Review) 

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

Ten Best Scottish Books of 2024

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

NADA SHAWA Book: Indigenous Soul: Gaza and me

Nada Shawa is a Palestinian poet and dancer who moved to Scotland alone at ...

Bobby Gant – A Decade of Drinking with Ghosts (book review)

Barnsley-born writer Bobby Gant brings us A Decade of Drinking with Ghosts, his first ...

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Madeline Docherty on ‘Gender Theory’: A Chaotic, Queer Coming-of-Age

SNACK sat down with Madeline Docherty to talk about Gender Theory, her incisive debut ...

Eleanor Morton her debut novel ‘Life Lessons from Historical Women, boozy brunch invites, innovation, and significant women.

Eleanor Morton’s astute comedy sends up both contemporary and historical concerns. She can delicately ...

RICKY MONAHAN BROWN Book: Terminal

Published by Glasgow-based press sincere corkscrew, Scottish writer Ricky Monahan Brown’s new short story ...

RAYMOND ANTROBUS Book: Signs, Music

The line ‘poetry is music from the place we are born’ sets the tone ...

RACHELLE ATALLA Book: The Salt Flats

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

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 ...