You Kant Make It Up

Read an extract from You Kant Make It Up, by Gary Hayden, which showcases Strange Ideas From History’s Great Philosphers…

DBC Pierre on On Fugu & Late Capitalism

‘Patrons come to touch the shadow of death.’

Bed, by David Whitehouse

David Whitehouse has made this short film, together with film director James Lees, to celebrate the launch of his novel Bed, published by Canongate.

A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In

Watch the book trailer for Magnus Mills’ A Cruel Bird Came to the Nest and Looked In.

Simon Day talks Comedy and Error

Best known as one of the stars of the Fast Show and Bellamy’s People co-starring Paul Whitehouse, Simon Day tells the shocking, sometimes sad and hilariously funny story of his life so far.

Ten questions with Richard C. Morais

A quick ten questions with the author of The Hundred-foot Journey, out this month through Alma Books.

Watch for a second interview and competition later this month on Bookhugger.

Watch Will and Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

Will and Kate’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding is the exclusive behind-the-scenes photo album of the royal/gypsy wedding the whole world has been waiting for!

The Monsieur Montespan Reading Guide

If you need ideas for what your reading group should tackle next, look no further than Bookhugger’s reading guide to Jean Teulé’s humourous historical revenge drama.

Win a signed copy of Little Hands Clapping! [closed]

Watch the video, read the extract and answer two questions to win one of three signed hardback copies of Dan Rhodes’ darkly inventive novel.

Read an extract from Little Hands Clapping

Bookhugger proudly presents the first two chapters from dan Rhodes’ widly successful and darkly comic novel, out now in paperback.

Watch for a video and a competition to win signed copies later this week.

I Was Therefore I Am

Ernest Hemingway, Sam Peckinpah, Johnny Cash, Tina Turner, Douglas Adams, Morrissey – all legendary figures whose obsessions, addictions and drives have been well-documented through press interviews, biopics and biographies.

But what were these people really like? Andrew McGibbon finds out…

Win a signed copy of Dog Walks Man: A Six-legged Odyssey [closed]

Read an extract from a touching, witty and thought-provoking exploration of the metaphysical aspects of the simple dog walk. Walking Pete (a standard poodle named after a Ghostbuster) opens the author up to different way of looking at the world. Bookhugger has 5 signed copies to give away…

The Kipling Connection

Bookhugger welcomes Bloomsbury Publishing to its roster this month.

Helen Simonson, author of Major Pettigrew’s last Stand, out in paperback this January, rediscovers the works of Rudyard Kipling through the literary tastes of her eponymous hero.

Download an extract from I Must Collect Myself

Maureen Lipman has the knack of making the everyday supremely entertaining, the ordinary absurd and unexpected. This new collection of pieces sparkles with her inimitable prose and pithy opinions.

Download a Christmas story about peas, by Chris Cleave

Chris Cleave is the best-selling author of Incendiary which has won several awards, and The Other Hand, a Sunday Times bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and three children. And, not by coincidence, Peas On Earth is a bed-time story for kids.

Malcolm Tucker’s Guide to Managing Your Public Image

WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE! From the team behind the award-winning and phenomenally successful The Thick Of It, we give you King of Spin Malcolm Tucker. Don’t deny it, you’re intrigued…

The Booklist: Something for everyone…

… as long as you’ve a sense of humour admist the madness that is Christmas shopping…

Answer Me This! The Film of the Book of the Podcast

Stuck on a Christmas pressy for that person who thinks they know it all? Answer Me This! might just make them think again…

Genre round-up: Non-fiction

Bookhugger’s publishers give you a timely reminder of their wide-ranging selection of top-rate newly published non-fiction…

Listen to the second Vintage Books Podcast

Featuring Salman Rushdie, Howard Marks, Steven Amsterdam, Ed Vulliamy and The Reader Organisation…

An extract from The World According to Vice

It might not be easy to swallow and it might not be pretty, but it’s never less than real, and always essential…

The Complete Peanuts Part 2

In the second of two extracts from The Complete Peanuts, we feature Hal Hartley’s foreword to the 1965-1966 volume.