Terry Stiastny - the former BBC journalist who has Dabbled here - has a debut novel out on July 17, published by John Murray. Acts of Omission is a tale of political intrigue and the legacy of the Cold War. Here's Brit's review... It has been alleged that when I was ... Read More...
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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...
We are lucky today to feature the one and only Mister Slang - Lexicographer Jonathon Green, late of this parish, who has been so busy since we last saw him that he has managed to produce not one but two new books on his life's work. Here for your reading pleasure is ... Read More...
Competition time as The Dabbler offers you the chance to win a free copy of The Almost Nearly Perfect People by Michael Booth... As heard on Book of the Week, BBC Radio 4 The whole world wants to learn the secrets of Nordic exceptionalism: why are the Danes the happiest people in the ... Read More...
Today on The Dabbler we feature an interview with Susan Bordo, author of last month's Dabbler Book Club choice, The Creation of Anne Boleyn, the popular new historical biography that seeks the true story behind the Tudor’s most notorious queen… Hi, Susan; I'd like to begin by asking what your original ... Read More...
Sign up to The Dabbler Book club today and you could be in with a chance of winning one of 5 pristine hardback copies of the popular new historical biography that seeks the true story behind the Tudor's most notorious queen... Religious revolutionary, power-hungry seductress, innocent victim, traitor - why are there ... Read More...
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...
In the second of today's reviews, Elberry shares his thoughts on this uncompleted 'third book' from Fermor's famous european journey. There were an archbishop and several bishops and archimandrites besides the abbot and his retinue. They officiated in copes as stiff and brilliant as beetles' wings, and the higher clergy, coiffed with ... Read More...
Today on The Dabbler we present a double bill of reviews of a popular recent book club choice - The Broken Road by Patrick Leigh Fermor, which has garnered a large amount of praise and opinions. First up with her take, we have Fermor-fan Monix: In 1962, Patrick Leigh Fermor was ... Read More...