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How To Become A Beer Geek

Thinking of becoming a beer geek? Mark Dredge's new book 'Craft Beer World' can help you do just that.

Oliver Kenyon

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Tom Gillespie Is The Next Dan Brown, But Don't Hold That Against Him...

Author Tom Gillespie’s novel ‘Painting by Numbers’ has been nominated for The People’s Book Prize, but he'd rather be known as 'the next Murakami' than 'the next Dan Brown'.

Tom Ward

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The 7 Best Works Of Dystopian Literature

Some writers seem to spend all day gazing out at the world through dreary, rain-smeared windows. It can’t do much to perk them up, but it has made for some great works of fiction.

1 Tom Ward

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A Departure - An Exclusive Excerpt From England's Best Young Writer

'A Departure' is the first novel from GQ Norman Mailer Award Winner, Tom Ward. 'A Departure' is a 'horror story, road story, love story – a shockingly good debut novel about what happens when one world brutally ends and a new world begins...A cracking good read that has at its black heart hope, humanity and a dream of escape.' - Tony Parsons.

Tom Ward

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Saga: The Comic That's A Sci-Fi "Him & Her"

Star crossed lovers, charismatic bounty hunters and some of the sharpest dialogue in any medium, Brian K Vaughan's Saga is more than a sequence of pictures with word ballons, it's an epic story you should be picking up.

1 Ian Salmon

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Forget Fear & Loathing, Hells Angels Is Hunter S. Thompson's Masterpiece

Fans of the surreal might not agree, but 1966's Hells Angels is a journalistic masterpiece with the doctor at his lucid best. Read it, you'll lov...

57 Lucas Morton

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The Top 25 Best Closing Lines From Books

Some books have a slow burn, but there's nothing wrong with that, because the ending can completely turn your world upside down, for better or wo...

Anushree Nande

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The 20 Best Opening Lines From Books

It's all very well to get into a thick book with a slow burn, but the best books are the ones that grab you from the very first sentence. Here ar...

15 Anushree Nande

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World Book Night: The Ten Greatest Anti-Heroes In Fiction

Protagonists are never more interesting than when crossing over to the dark side. Here are the finest examples literature has to offer, from Amer...

8 David Hillier

Exclusive 'Before Jack Had A Groove' Extract

Terry Farley's forthcoming book is an examination of British youth culture, this extract looks at punk rock mecca, Vivienne Westwood's 'Sex' boutique.

4 Comments Terry Farley

5 Working Class Heroes From Books

With the toff at Number 10 capping benefits whilst trying to raise their own wages, it's about one of these literar...

8 Comments Stuart Moriarty-Patten

6 Brilliant Road Books

The human soul needs travel to grow and be happy. Resisting this urge is like tethering a balloon in a gale. If you...

1 Comment Tom Ward

Swear Down: One Murder, Two Confessions - Exclusive Extract

Check out this extract from my second novel and win one of five copies while you're at it...

11 Comments Russ Litten

The Greatest Cult Pulp Fiction

Sick of mainstream literature on World Book Day today? Had enough of being told what to read by endless literary su...

22 Comments John Anthony Lake

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Welcome To French Pulp Fiction: Mercs, Murders & Manchette

Bored of celebrity hardbacks and and repetitive thrillers? Step into the macabre world of French pulp fiction...

1 Tony Moon

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Five Boys From Books I'd Definitely Shag

From Dexter in One Day to Steven Stelfox in Kill Your Friends, I'd let these fellas leap off the page and ravage me...

15 Daisy Buchanan

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Naked Girls Reading: Breasts, Burlesque And Books

What happens when you cross book club with burlesque? You get Naked Girls Reading, an underground phenomenon that’s coming soon to a town near ...

7 Justyn Barnes

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The Distinguished Assassin Reviewed: One Man's Attempt To Overthrow Communism

Focusing on one assassin's final mission, Nick Taussig gives the reader into life under the reign of terror under Stalin, while delving into Comm...

3 Gia Marie Barbera

10 Brilliant Book To Film Adaptations

Our Saboteurs put their heads together and came up with their 10 favourite book to film adaptations. Some obvious choices, some not so obvious, but has your favourite made the cut? Let us know in the comments...

25 Comments Sabotage

Ten Great Crime Novels That You Should Have Read

Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Elmore Leonard, you've all heard of them, but have you read these ten b...

12 Comments Nicholas Blincoe

The Hunger Games And The Best Of Teen Fiction

Massive sales and lucrative film adaptations mean teen fiction is more popular than ever, but which books should y...

Benjamin Spicer

Books I'd Be Happy To Die Whilst Reading

P.J. O'Rourke once said you should read a book that would make you look good if you died whilst reading it, so here...

4 Comments Ashley Whittaker

Sex On Paper: Literature's Womanisers And Their Randy Writers

Sex is always a catalyst for a good story, but just how horny are the creators of some of literature's most promisc...

Tom Ward

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World Poetry Day: Me, Bukowski And The Indignity Of Work

As a child, the adult world of work loomed heavily on the horizon. Luckily I found Charles Bukowski to read when I got home from the days hawking...

29 Russ Litten

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Black Passenger, Yellow Cabs: One Man's Sexual Adventures In Japan

Author Stefhan Bryan describes his sexual exploits (in fairly graphic detail) with a large array of willing local women from a variety of socio-e...

12 J J Lillis

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Suffering For Their Art: A History Of Writers And Suicide

Writers are a famously erratic bunch, but occasionally, this creative energy can lead to tragedy...

2 Tom Ward

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The Celebrity Guide To The Best Coffee Table Books

Ever wondered which coffee table books rock stars, magazine editors, artists and comedians can't put down? Wonder no more...

1 James Brown

The Best Debut Novels Throughout History

From the 1800s to the present day, these are my favourite début novels from throughout history. We've got Hobbits,...

10 Comments Anushree Nande

Just Business: Gak, Greed And Bankers In The Square Mile

A bevvy of drugs, greed and excess, Just Business tells the story of one disillusioned 30-something stockbroker.

15 Comments Geraint Anderson

The 10 Easiest Fiction Books to Read In One Sitting

It's World Book Day today so go and buy one of these and finish it before bedtime...

18 Comments Harry Harris

Thomas Pynchon And The Complexities of Conflict

With Thomas Pynchon's latest work set to tackle one of the most controversial events in history, how can authors in...

4 Comments Tom Ward

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Why Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian Is The Most Overrated Novel Of The 20th Century

The narrative is essentially that of the traditional ‘hero’s journey’, only Blood Meridian has no hero. It is simply the epic journey of a dickhead...

47 Jon Cronshaw

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Cliffs Of Insanity: Keith Duggan On Catching Big Waves In Ireland

Irish Times Journalist Keith Duggan introduces us to the world of big wave surfing off the west coast of Ireland in his new book. Powerful and descriptive, it's well worth picking up.

Johnny Lake

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The End: Now In The National Football Museum

The End truly was the voice of Liverpool in the 80s, and at last it's received the recognition it deserves...

1 Sabotage

Cloud Atlas? Wolf Hall? Fifty Shades? Download A Free Audiobook Today

Fancy downloading a top audio book absolutely free? Choose from 60,000 titles from Audible here.

Sabotage

The 19 Greatest Movies Never To Be Made

They may be the most compelling stories ever written but thanks to prima donna authors, dying directors and the occ...

15 Comments Matt Weiner

Neuromancer: The Most Important Novel Of The Past 30 Years

A look at why William Gibson's vision of a washed-up computer hacker navigating his way through a dystopian future ...

8 Comments Jon Cronshaw

Swear Down: One Murder, Two Confessions

Swear Down is the new novel by acclaimed author Russ Litten. It incorporates an investigation into a murder in East...

1 Comment Dave Lee

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