Every month we award a bottle of Glengoyne 10 year old single malt - the finest whisky available to humanity - to a commenter... One of the joys of blogging is how the experiences of readers are able to inform the written word. Most recently, it was a particular delight when ... Read More...
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Thanks to our friends at Macmillan, we have two signed copies of Peter Ackroyd's stunning new book, A History of England Volume 1: Foundation to give away... Earlier we published an exclusive extract from Peter Ackroyd's Foundation, the first in a proposed six-volume history of England. We have two copies, signed ... Read More...
A message from The Dabbler to our beloved readers... Dearest readers, Today I almost wept with pride as I looked back on the week's postings, even with the repeats padding things out a bit during the holiday season. Mahlerman and Susan with their usual weekend wonders; and before them, James Hamilton on ... Read More...
This month's Dabbler Book Club choice is Alan Hollinghurst's much-anticipated The Stranger's Child. The Book Club members (join here if you haven't already!) drawn at random to receive a free copy are: Jo McPherson of Crawley; Cathy James of Grays; Sarah Parker of Bedford; Jamie Glew of Gosforth; Moira Douglas of Preston; Glenn ... Read More...
Dabbler Book Club members! We have two free tickets to give away to you for Writing on Houses - Dwelling on Dwelling, an evening of discussion on 19th September at King's Place in London about the relationship between houses and literature involving Alan Hollinghurst (author of the Book Club's choice for ... Read More...
Want to get some free books? Fancy yourself as a reviewer? Alan Hollinghurst's long-awaited latest novel has been the publishing event of the summer. The hype appears justified. The Stranger's Child has been very favourably reviewed, The Guardian comparing the author to both Henry James and Evelyn Waugh, no less: Hollinghurst has a ... Read More...
This month's Dabbler Book Club selection was Walk the Lines by Mark Mason (buy it here). Below, Worm and then Gaw let you know their thoughts. But what do you think? Please do let us know in the comments. Worm: America is a willingness of the heart. I think London is a ... Read More...
Every month we award a bottle of Glengoyne 10 year old single malt - the finest whisky available to humanity - to a commenter... We always said we could award the Glengoyne Comment of the Month for any reason, and this time we've gone for out-and-out sycophancy. The winner is Richard, ... Read More...
I have in my possession, courtesy of Penguin Classics, three very big, very beautiful hardback copies of the newly published Complete Stories by Kingsley Amis. Expensive too, they retail at £25 each – but you can win one free. I hardly need introduce Kinglsey to erudite Dabblers, but his short stories ... Read More...
Win a copy of Memoirs of a Dervish As we related at the end of our exclusive interview with Robert Irwin on Monday, courtesy of Profile Books, we have ten copies of his Memoirs of a Dervish to give away to members of the Dabbler Book Club. The Spectator reckoned, ...this is a ... Read More...
