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Francine Toon speaks about her new novel ‘Bluff’, distance and seeing Scotland through a more gothic lens, and the unreliability of memory (Interview)

Scottish writer Francine Toon’s second novel, Bluff, is set in the fictional Fife town ...

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Emily Henderson

Rodge Glass looks back to moving to Glasgow, first meeting Alasdair Gray, and his new book ‘Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir’ (interview)

Rodge Glass has been writing in Glasgow for decades. He came to the city ...

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Ted Bajer

Six Must-See Events at Edinburgh International Book Festival 2025

This year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival returns to Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) for the ...

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Alistair Braidwood

Callum McSorley on Winning Awards, Paperboy, and Swanning About with a Lanyard

Callum McSorley’s debut novel, Squeaky Clean, was praised far and wide, winning the Bloody ...

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Alistair Braidwood

Chris McQueer on Hermit: masculinity, incels, and isolation

Chris McQueer’s debut novel, Hermit, is one of the most acclaimed Scottish books of ...

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Alistair Braidwood

Alessandra Thom on Summer Hours, Boundaries, and the beauty of Edinburgh

Alessandra Thom was a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee for Prose in 2023 ...

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Megan Willis

Elspeth Wilson’s “These Mortal Bodies” is a devastatingly beautiful debut

‘Wilson expertly conveys how a trauma lingers and taints the brushtrokes of life, like ...

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Natalie Jayne Clark

Mhairi Collie on Fiction, Fistula, and The Bright Fabric of Life

Taking inspiration from her work as a consultant surgeon, Mhairi Collie’s debut novel, The ...

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Alistair Braidwood