Some cheering news! Nigel Andrew – aka our very own Nige of Nigeness – has written a beautiful, fascinating and highly original book… The Mother of Beauty about English parish churches – more specifically, the undervalued national treasure that is the vast and scattered collection of 17th Century church monuments. English churches … Read More…
The Dabbler Book Club
Nige recommends a new novel set during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam… Now, I’m not one for log-rolling – still less, nepotistic log-rolling – nor am I generally one for new fiction, but I must tell you that this is a seriously good novel, and one that’s very hard to put … Read More…
It’s giveaway time again on The Dabbler as two winners can get their hands on a hardback copy of Iain Sinclair’s latest book London Overground. To be in with a chance of winning read on for instructions below.Echoing his journey in London Orbital over a decade ago, psychogeographer Iain Sinclair narrates his second circular … Read More…
Want to get your hands on one of the best nature books of the year? Read on to find out how you can win one of 3 copies of Meadowland by John Lewis-Stemple… What really goes on in the long grass? Meadowland gives an unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life … Read More…
Want to get your hands on a free copy of the bestselling book, Mrs Hemingway? Read on to find out how… In the dazzling summer of 1926, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley travel from their home in Paris to a villa in the south of France. They swim, play bridge and drink gin. … Read More…
January sees us begin the new year with a sunny book to banish the winter blues. To be in with a chance of winning a free copy, read on… In the Maldives outsiders used to be banned from islands not officially endorsed as tourist resorts, but now a thousand sandy shores can … Read More…
Brit gets an eyeful of The Art of Pin-Up, TASCHEN’s comprehensive new guide to a uniquely American art form… Men are simple creatures: show them a picture of an attractive woman in a revealing outfit and you can flog them pretty much anything, from magazines to toothpaste to joining the army. This straightforward … Read More…
September sees us feature an apocalyptic new work of fiction as our bookclub choice for the month – and you can get your hands on a free copy by signing up to the Dabbler Book club newsletter. DAY ONE The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron … Read More…
Last month’s Dabbler Book Club choice has reached the shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker prize – but does it live up to the hype? Burma, 1942. In disease-ridden jungle 240,000 prisoners of war labour night and day for their Japanese captors, destroying bodies and minds to finish a rail line linking … Read More…
Special giveaway time today on The Dabbler – simply use the form below to like our Dabbler Facebook page and you can be in with a chance of winning one of 5 hardback copies of this fantastic new Man Booker prize nominated novel, courtesy of Chatto & Windus… Dabbler Book Club … Read More…