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'IT IS NOT EASY TO LOSE HOPE': Hassan Blasim on 'Sololand' & More - Glasgow Review of Books
Hassan Blasim's "Sololand" is a collection of novellas exploring the complexities of exile through three protagonists affected by Iraq's recent conflicts. Blasim delves into shared history, identity, ...
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NEW TODAY! @bramegieben.bsky.social en.bsky.social
interviews ground-breaking author, filmmaker and IFFP winner Hassan Blasim about his new book, 'Sololand'
@commapress.bsky.social, decolonisation, identity and much more . . . #booksky 💙📚
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interviews ground-breaking author, filmmaker and IFFP winner Hassan Blasim about his new book, 'Sololand'
@commapress.bsky.social, decolonisation, identity and much more . . . #booksky 💙📚
Check out the full interview here - wp.me/p3nrhP-lqN
NEW TODAY! @bramegieben.bsky.social en.bsky.social
interviews ground-breaking author, filmmaker and IFFP winner Hassan Blasim about his new book, 'Sololand'
@commapress.bsky.social, decolonisation, identity and much more . . . #booksky 💙📚
Check out the full interview here - wp.me/p3nrhP-lqN
interviews ground-breaking author, filmmaker and IFFP winner Hassan Blasim about his new book, 'Sololand'
@commapress.bsky.social, decolonisation, identity and much more . . . #booksky 💙📚
Check out the full interview here - wp.me/p3nrhP-lqN
'IT IS NOT EASY TO LOSE HOPE': Hassan Blasim on 'Sololand' & More - Glasgow Review of Books
Hassan Blasim's "Sololand" is a collection of novellas exploring the complexities of exile through three protagonists affected by Iraq's recent conflicts. Blasim delves into shared history, identity, ...
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July 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW TODAY! @bramegieben.bsky.social en.bsky.social
interviews ground-breaking author, filmmaker and IFFP winner Hassan Blasim about his new book, 'Sololand'
@commapress.bsky.social, decolonisation, identity and much more . . . #booksky 💙📚
Check out the full interview here - wp.me/p3nrhP-lqN
interviews ground-breaking author, filmmaker and IFFP winner Hassan Blasim about his new book, 'Sololand'
@commapress.bsky.social, decolonisation, identity and much more . . . #booksky 💙📚
Check out the full interview here - wp.me/p3nrhP-lqN
NEW TODAY! - Ahead of tonight's launch event @byleaveswelive.bsky.social, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social reviews 'Esther', a new poetic play by David Kinloch and another milestone in the recent Esther Inglis Revival. Read the full review here - wp.me/p3nrhP-jwo
"I’ll MAK YON SINGLE INCH O SCOATLAN SHINE": On 'Esther' by David Kinloch. - Glasgow Review of Books
Esther Inglis, a Franco-Scottish calligrapher, was once celebrated for her exquisite manuscripts before fading from literary history due to male-centric narratives. Recent academic interest, particula...
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June 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
NEW TODAY! - Ahead of tonight's launch event @byleaveswelive.bsky.social, @paulmalgrati.bsky.social reviews 'Esther', a new poetic play by David Kinloch and another milestone in the recent Esther Inglis Revival. Read the full review here - wp.me/p3nrhP-jwo
As part of the Glasgow 850 celebrations, Glasgow Life invites poets to enter the St Teneu Poetry Competition. Submit poems (in English, Scots, or Gaelic) that are a response to the themes raised by Teneu's story. A prize of £500 will awarded to the winner in each category. Deadline: 1 June 2025.
Mother, daughter, survivor, saint - Glasgow 850
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May 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
As part of the Glasgow 850 celebrations, Glasgow Life invites poets to enter the St Teneu Poetry Competition. Submit poems (in English, Scots, or Gaelic) that are a response to the themes raised by Teneu's story. A prize of £500 will awarded to the winner in each category. Deadline: 1 June 2025.
NEW TODAY - @ewanmorrison.bsky.social
talks new novel ‘For Emma’, surveillance, AI & more in an interview with @bramegieben.bsky.social
beamed back from tomorrow’s techno-future mindscape #booksky #foremma #leamingtonbooks
Read the full interview here - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/25/t...
talks new novel ‘For Emma’, surveillance, AI & more in an interview with @bramegieben.bsky.social
beamed back from tomorrow’s techno-future mindscape #booksky #foremma #leamingtonbooks
Read the full interview here - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/25/t...
March 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
NEW TODAY - @ewanmorrison.bsky.social
talks new novel ‘For Emma’, surveillance, AI & more in an interview with @bramegieben.bsky.social
beamed back from tomorrow’s techno-future mindscape #booksky #foremma #leamingtonbooks
Read the full interview here - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/25/t...
talks new novel ‘For Emma’, surveillance, AI & more in an interview with @bramegieben.bsky.social
beamed back from tomorrow’s techno-future mindscape #booksky #foremma #leamingtonbooks
Read the full interview here - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/03/25/t...
New TODAY!
To mark the publication of her latest novel, our great friend @jamesangtay.bsky.social met up with @heatherparry.bsky.social to discuss all things #carrioncrow #booksky
Full interview (& all our FREE content) on our site now - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/02/26/n...
To mark the publication of her latest novel, our great friend @jamesangtay.bsky.social met up with @heatherparry.bsky.social to discuss all things #carrioncrow #booksky
Full interview (& all our FREE content) on our site now - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/02/26/n...
NOW IS THE TIME OF MONSTERS: Heather Parry On 'Carrion Crow' - Glasgow Review of Books
In Heather Parry's novel "Carrion Crow," Marguerite is confined by her mother, Cécile, due to societal expectations. The story explores themes of oppression, maternal dynamics, and class struggle, fos...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
New TODAY!
To mark the publication of her latest novel, our great friend @jamesangtay.bsky.social met up with @heatherparry.bsky.social to discuss all things #carrioncrow #booksky
Full interview (& all our FREE content) on our site now - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/02/26/n...
To mark the publication of her latest novel, our great friend @jamesangtay.bsky.social met up with @heatherparry.bsky.social to discuss all things #carrioncrow #booksky
Full interview (& all our FREE content) on our site now - glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2025/02/26/n...
Tha Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2025 @sngaidhlig.bsky.social a' tòiseachadh an-diugh & sinn a' foillseachadh ‘A’ Sireadh nan Lepcha’ le Abrona Aden, ann an eadar-theangachadh gu Gàidhlig le Caoimhin MacNèill. tinyurl.com/3x2c5xm7 #Ceanglaicheangunchrìoch eadar na Gàidheil & na Lepchas.
February 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Tha Seachdain na Gàidhlig 2025 @sngaidhlig.bsky.social a' tòiseachadh an-diugh & sinn a' foillseachadh ‘A’ Sireadh nan Lepcha’ le Abrona Aden, ann an eadar-theangachadh gu Gàidhlig le Caoimhin MacNèill. tinyurl.com/3x2c5xm7 #Ceanglaicheangunchrìoch eadar na Gàidheil & na Lepchas.
Lèirmheas ùr: '100 Bliadhna de Bhàird a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich' (CLÀR), deasaichte le @gillebride.bsky.social Mac ’IlleMhaoil, co-chruinneachadh a tha 'a’ fosgladh dhuinn sheallaidhean ùra air litreachas na Gàidhlig eadar 1923 agus 2023.' 👉 Lèirmheas slàn: tinyurl.com/yc55jnh7
January 29, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Lèirmheas ùr: '100 Bliadhna de Bhàird a’ Chomuinn Ghàidhealaich' (CLÀR), deasaichte le @gillebride.bsky.social Mac ’IlleMhaoil, co-chruinneachadh a tha 'a’ fosgladh dhuinn sheallaidhean ùra air litreachas na Gàidhlig eadar 1923 agus 2023.' 👉 Lèirmheas slàn: tinyurl.com/yc55jnh7
Just two days before #BurnsNight25 - the GRB is delighted to feature this interview and new poems by author, poet and renowned Burns scholar @paulmalgrati.bsky.social - with thanks (as always) to @poncarova.bsky.social for sharing this fantastic piece.
A pleasure to interview @paulmalgrati.bsky.social for the @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social Burns Week feature and chat about poetry, research, translation work, and the experience of learning Scots as a native French speaker. Full interview & two new poems by Paul: tinyurl.com/ynfjk4pb
The Benefits of Being French for Learning Scots: Paul Malgrati on Poetry, Translation, and Research - Glasgow Review of Books
Glasgow Review of Books interviews French-born poet, translator, and Burns scholar Paul Malgrati. His debut collection, shortlisted for the 2020 Edwin Morgan
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January 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just two days before #BurnsNight25 - the GRB is delighted to feature this interview and new poems by author, poet and renowned Burns scholar @paulmalgrati.bsky.social - with thanks (as always) to @poncarova.bsky.social for sharing this fantastic piece.
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To counter Trump and Tate and all their toxic appeal, we need to understand how shame shapes their narratives. My essay this week for @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social 🤡🌎
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January 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
To counter Trump and Tate and all their toxic appeal, we need to understand how shame shapes their narratives. My essay this week for @glasgowrevbooks.bsky.social 🤡🌎
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NEW TODAY! @bramegieben.bsky.social reviews Tahsin & Shea's 'Clown World' @quercusbooks.bsky.social & the Plural Series publication, 'Shame and Masculinity'. His conclusion - "*more* feminist liberation and not less is the answer". Full article (& the rest of our FREE content) here: wp.me/p3nrhP-ejM
FEMINISM SHOWS THE WAY: On Shame, Masculinity & Spoiling For A Fight - Glasgow Review of Books
By Bram E. Gieben
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January 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
NEW TODAY! @bramegieben.bsky.social reviews Tahsin & Shea's 'Clown World' @quercusbooks.bsky.social & the Plural Series publication, 'Shame and Masculinity'. His conclusion - "*more* feminist liberation and not less is the answer". Full article (& the rest of our FREE content) here: wp.me/p3nrhP-ejM
NEW TODAY: "Is this your first experience of the apocalypse?" - Peter Adkins looks back at work on climate change performed at this year's @edfests @edintfest @edfringe
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September 24, 2023 at 7:41 PM
NEW TODAY: "Is this your first experience of the apocalypse?" - Peter Adkins looks back at work on climate change performed at this year's @edfests @edintfest @edfringe
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FROM MONDAY: in support of Scotland's Climate Week, a series of articles on the theme of preserving our environment in the face of climate catastrophe #LetsDoNetZero Click - netzeronation.scot - for more info on what you can do to avert climate disaster.
September 24, 2023 at 8:02 AM
FROM MONDAY: in support of Scotland's Climate Week, a series of articles on the theme of preserving our environment in the face of climate catastrophe #LetsDoNetZero Click - netzeronation.scot - for more info on what you can do to avert climate disaster.