Scottish illustrator, glass-engraver and teacher, HELEN MONRO TURNER, inspired generations of glass artists and left a creative legacy that continues to delight. Brian Blench offers an overview of her life and art. …

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Whilst her contemporaries are buying iPods and one-bedroom flats, HANNAH ADCOCK explains why she has chosen to collect antiquarian books. …

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The Roman dialect sonnets of Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli have been praised for their realism and vibrancy and enjoyed for their vulgarity and cynicism. MICHAEL LISTER analyses a new translation by sonneteer Mike Stocks. …

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HANNAH ADCOCK reviews the 2007 Debut Authors’ Festival and checks out the talent. …

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In this decidedly theoretical study, ROBERT MACFARLANE investigates the reappraisal of literary originality and plagiarism, which occurred over the course of the nineteenth century. …

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Aberdeen based DJ and musician KENNY ATKIN talks to Bonnie Griffin about the launch of his new label, VaVa Records. …

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As the pace of development quickens in Edinburgh, HANNAH ADCOCK investigates causes, costs and consequences. …

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‘Lowbrow and literary’ may seem like a contradiction in terms, but contradiction has an honourable place in the One O’Clock Gun team’s armoury of verbal squibs and skylarking, as editor CRAIG GIBSON indicates in this audio interview. …

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Scottish PEN has been supporting Scottish writers and upholding freedom of expression for over eighty years. MORELLE SMITH briefly details its aims and history, before summarising recent Scottish PEN events. …

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In this tightly written debut RUTH THOMAS writes about lost friendship and nostalgia with quick wit and quiet emotion. …

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Tasmanian poet KAREN KNIGHT reflects on her early development as a poet, influences that range from Dylan Thomas to Pink Floyd.

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Tasmanian poet KAREN KNIGHT reads from her work, opening with a poem from a sequence about Walt Whitman. …

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In this story about women on the edge, MARGARET ELPHINSTONE creates an unforgettable landscape of wild seas, crumbling cliffs and fragile humanity. …

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From middle-class Melbourne to drugs, dives and prostitution, KATE HOLDEN unfolds her story in this glittering memoir. …

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With McGonagallesque verve, BOB WATT champions Scotland’s most maligned son and trounces his detractors. …

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