Sexual, gender, and class tensions: Lucy Ribchester on her Edinburgh novel ‘Murder Ballad’ (interview)
Lucy Ribchester is an Edinburgh-based writer whose novel Murder Ballad (also set in Edinburgh) ...
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 ...
Emily Brooks Millar’s Birddad Is Hilarious, Heartfelt, and Totally Off Its Nut
Artist, storyteller, and official comedic genius Emily Brooks Millar let SNACK take a swatch ...
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 ...
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, ...
Marginalia: Nasim Rebecca Asl and Kevin P. Gilday’s new night at The Stand deftly combines literature and comedy
A poet, a stand-up comedian, an author, and an ex-politician walk into a bar… ...
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 ...
Heather Parry on Class, Sexual Liberty, and Bodily Autonomy
Heather Parry is a Glasgow-based writer and editor, originally from South Yorkshire, who is ...
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.
