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Scarlett Johansson films Under the Skin in Scotland

Scarlett Johansson in Scotland to film Under the Skin

Jonathan Glazer directs Michel Faber adaptation set for 2012 release

9 Nov 2011

Scotland has seen more than its fair share of Hollywood action of late, and this time it’s the Highlands that could potentially trump Glasgow’s claim to Brad Pitt with the arrival of Scarlett Johansson for the shooting of upcoming film Under the…

EIBF 2011: five book-to-screen adaptations

EIBF 2011: five book-to-screen adaptations

Featuring Joe Dunthorne, Val McDermid, Michel Faber, Alan Hollinghurst and Alexander McCall Smith

17 Aug 2011

Joe Dunthorne With his debut, Submarine, the Welsh poet and author captured the peculiar, rainy-day awkwardness of adolescence, and Richard Ayoade’s film, with Dunthorne’s assistance, did a fair old stab at bringing it further to life. 19 Aug…

Michel Faber and his wife Eva Youren discuss the BBC’s forthcoming adaptation of his best-selling novel, The Crimson Petal and the White

Michel Faber interview - The Crimson Petal and the White

The author and his wife Eva Youren on the forthcoming BBC adaptation

24 Mar 2011

‘As consumers of culture, we’re both quite cold fish,’ says Michel Faber, linking eyes over the living room with his wife, Eva Youren. She’s stretched out on a windowseat a few feet away. She nods in agreement. ‘We tend to see what the author or…

Michel Faber - Under the Skin (2000)

Michel Faber - Under the Skin (2000)

100 Best Scottish Books of all Time

1 Jan 2005

Under the Skin is utterly compelling and thought-provoking from start to finish. It begins with a woman, Isserley, driving through the Highlands on the look-out for male hitchhikers. She doesn’t want any weaklings: they’ve got to be youngish, healthy…

Best of a decade: Books

Best of a decade: Books

2 Dec 2009

1. Cormac McCarthy – The Road (2006) 2. Dave Eggers – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000) 3. Jonathan Franzen – The Corrections (2001) 4. James Ellroy – The Cold Six Thousand (2001) 5. A L Kennedy – Paradise (2004) 6. Louise…

Ballads of the Book

WORDS & MUSIC

27 Feb 2007

Projects like Ballads of the Book don’t come along very often. And, looking at the roll call of writers and musicians involved, it is easy to see why. It must have been a logistical nightmare getting 54 of Scotland’s finest writers and musicians…

Michel Faber - The Apple

Short story collection

(3 stars)1 Sep 2006

SHORT STORIES Often, the image of an author is someone beavering away in the privacy of their own soul not caring a jot for anyone other than the characters and their own measuring of success. So, it’s almost reassuring to hear when a writer has not…

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