In our second Tim book competition inside a week, we've got five copies of Tim Parks' new book to give away... Thanks to our friends at Harvill Secker we’ve got 5 copies of Tim Parks' new book Italian Ways to give away to members of our Book Club. For your chance to win one, ... Read More...
We've got five copies of Tim Winton's new book to give away... Thanks to our friends at Picador we’ve got 5 copies of Tim Winton's new novel Eyrie to give away to members of our Book Club. For your chance to win one, you just need to: Join the free Dabbler Book Club ... Read More...
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By Aerostat to Hooting Yard – A Frank Key Reader By Frank Key, edited and with an introduction by Roland Clare There are cult writers and then there is Frank Key. Described by The Guardian as the author who ‘can probably lay claim to having written more nonsense than any other man ... Read More...
Merry Christmas from all at The Dabbler! It has now become a Dabbler tradition to give Brit's tragicomic Christmas poem an airing. The ideal time to read it is on Christmas Day, upon waking after your post-lunch nap... A boozy, stomach-busting Christmas dinner – preceded by beer and champagne, accompanied by ... Read More...
All of us at The Dabbler were very sad to hear today of the death of Norman Geras (25 August 1943 - 18 October 2013) - political theorist, voracious reader and prolific blogger. Norm was a friend of and help to The Dabbler in its early days. By way of a ... Read More...
Last month's Dabbler book Club choice was blockbuster The Kills by Richard House. Worm gives us his review on one of the most talked about books of the summer... Longlisted for the Man Booker prize this year, The Kills is an upmarket thriller that drops you into a topical story involving the ... Read More...
Thanks to our friends at Pan Macmillan, we've got two signed first edition copies of Man Booker longlist nominee Almost English to give away. Join our free Book Club for your chance to win... Almost English is the fourth novel by Somerset Maugham Award-winner Charlotte Mendelson, and it has been nominated ... Read More...
As well as bringing you the best culture writing in the blogosphere, The Dabbler also gives away a lot of free books. Here's what we thought of a recent choice... We always like it when a book club member who wins a book takes a moment to send in their own ... Read More...
This summer Penguin Books are celebrating The Old Ways’ spirit of adventure with a competition aimed at finding and fostering a new generation of explorers and thinkers. We reviewed The Old Ways in Hardback last year and absolutely loved its lyrical description of the physical and spiritual pathways that we ... Read More...