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...
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The current Dabbler Book Club monthly choice is The Broken Road, the posthumously published third volume of the memoirs of the great adventurer and prose stylist Patrick Leigh Fermor. Here, Douglas Dalyrmple explains the author's enduring appeal... I’m deaf… That’s the awful truth. That’s why I’m leaning towards you in this ... Read More...
One of the best parts of running the Dabbler Book Club is when we receive reviews of the books we send out to our lucky winners each month. We were honoured to receive the following review of Nevil Shute's recently republished Trustee from the Toolroom from Dabbler Barbara, who has ... Read More...
A rather exciting coup for the Dabbler Book Club this month as we have 5 copies of Man Booker longlisted blockbuster The Kills up for grabs... An astonishing landmark novel in four books, The Kills is both a political thriller and a bravura literary performance. The Kills is an epic novel of ... 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...
Dabbler Book Club - April Book of the Month Turned Out Nice Again by Richard Mabey In his trademark style, Richard Mabey's Turned Out Nice Again weaves together science, art and memoirs (including his own) to show the weather's impact on our culture and national psyche. He rambles through the myths of Golden Summers and our ... Read More...
Sunday Times journalist (and occasional Dabbler) Bryan Appleyard has a new novel out, exclusively as an eBook. Nige enjoys the tale of the 'mad, enchanted dream suburb' of Bedford Park... First, of course, I must declare an interest: Appleyard and I go way back - two score years and more, man ... Read More...
This month all members of the Dabbler Book Club are in with a chance of winning a copy of The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam, who was described by The Times as 'a master of words and arresting images'. The Blind Man's Garden was chosen recently by the Guardian as one of the highlights ... Read More...