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Author Profile: Alan Furst

If John Le Carre is the master of the Cold War spy novel, Alan Furst has the pre and wartime Europe fog of war sown up. Tim Pelan tells us why Furst is an author you must read.

by Tim Pelan

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The DC New 52: or how I learned to stop worrying & read comics

Our Parri finally gets his chance to buy some elasticated waist slacks, an ironic slogan T-shirt and become the comic book nerd he's always dreamed of being... it's the DC New 52 reboot.

by Mathew Parri Thomas

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Booktrack : Atmosphere or Distraction?

It's the latest, greatest, multimedia, multi-sensory craze fresh from the States. It's some kind of literary karaoke. It's Booktrack.

by Richie Brown

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Throughout the 1950s, John Wyndham made a name for himself as the master of the 'cosy catastrophe' and, even to a modern audience, his dystopian Sci-Fi stories remain grippingly fresh and provocative.

by Mark Woffenden

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Charley’s War

Charley's War, author Pat Mills and artist Joe Colquhoun's brilliant WWI comic strip from the pages of Battle Picture Weekly, has been beautifully reprinted in hardback volumes for several years. Volume 8 is expected around Nov...

by Tim Pelan

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The Week in Whiff #9

A nation mourns Zippy, a Belgian festival goes meet-free for Morrissey and Britain still hasn't got talent.

by Richie Brown

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The Week in Whiff #8

As forward thinking arts companies lose their government funding, Adam Ant announces a new tour. Hmm.

by Richie Brown

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The Week in Whiff #7

After a week off, poet lariat Richie Brown is back with three whiffy verses from the world of entertainment.

by Richie Brown

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The Week in Whiff #6

It's St Patrick's Day next Thursday so, for one week only, The Week in Whiff is a Limerick special about everyone's favourite bald, former drummer from Genesis.

by Richie Brown

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