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Book Review: Sequoia Nagamatsu – How High We Go in the Dark

How High We Go in the Dark is a profoundly prophetic debut novel that ...

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Keira Brown 15/03/2022

Books

Book review: Kasim Ali – Good Intentions

Kasim Ali’s debut, Good Intentions, is an exploratory and emotional novel about a young ...

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Keira Brown 09/03/2022

What’s Happening at Paisley Book Fest 2022?

Paisley Book Festival is a relatively young event that is rooted in radical concepts. ...

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Keira Brown 08/02/2022

Book review: Sarah Moss – The Fell

Sarah Moss is the award-winning author of several novels including Cold Earth, Night Waking, ...

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Keira Brown 13/12/2021

brickwork book release

Interview|Brickwork: A Biography of the Arches – David Bratchpiece & Kirstin Innes

When The Arches closed in 2015 the place was notably close to many artists’ ...

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Keira Brown 16/11/2021

Author/Poet Charlie Roy

Books: Charlie Roy chats to SNACK about THE BROKEN PANE

So far best known as a regular on the Scottish poetry scene, Charlie Roy ...

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Alistair Braidwood 12/11/2021

Case Study: Graeme Macrae Burnet Chats About His Highly Anticipated New Book

Graeme Macrae’s Burnet’s Case Study is among the most eagerly anticipated publications of the ...

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Alistair Braidwood 26/10/2021

Elvira Mistress of the Dark released a new book and shudder special

The (Not) Gay Movie Club: Unpleasant Dreams – Celebrating 40 years of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark

It is no secret that I am a gargantuan fan of Elvira. I have ...

Jonny Stone 24/10/2021

Books interview: Suria Tei – Unspoken: Living with Mental Illness

Suria Tei is an award-winning writer whose novels Little Hut of Leaping Fishes and ...

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Alistair Braidwood 24/08/2021

Books interview: Helen Sedgwick – Where The Missing Gather

Helen Sedgwick is someone steeped in the world of books. Not only an author ...

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Alistair Braidwood 26/07/2021

Book review: John Gerard Fagan – Fish Town

John Gerard Fagan’s Fish Town is not only the latest in the genre of ...

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Alistair Braidwood 17/07/2021

Poetry collection review: David Linklater – Scenes from a God Movie

Glasgow-based David Linklater has published a third poetry collection, his second with homegrown indie ...

Leona Skene 23/06/2021

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