Books

Colombian Spring – Eblis Álvarez Interviewed

In an extract from his recently published book, Sounds & Colours: Colombia, Russ Slater speaks to Eblis Javier Álvarez about the uniqueness of Colombian music and his work with The Meridian Brothers

A Blank Page Gives Me Freedom: Orhan Pamuk Interviewed

The Turkish Nobel Literature Laureate speaks in-depth to Kevin Perry about his reluctant role as the voice of a generation

No Fear, No Trouble, No Bliss: Andrei Tarkovsky – Films, Stills, Polaroids, Writings

As Sotheby's prepares to sell the Russian filmmaker's archives this week, The Quietus previews ten film stills and an extract of Andrei Tarkovsky's writing from a newly published collection

Haarlem Knight: Joost Swarte Interviewed

Comics great Joost Swarte talks to Aug Stone about his love of music and noteworthy involvement in Dutch records

The Art Of Conversation: Ali Smith Interviewed

Josh Hall delves, with the author, in to Artful - her new collection of essays - and discusses with her the purposes of form and the state of contemporary society through the scope of literature

On The Road: Travels Between Rock & Hard Places With Andrew Mueller

Andrew Mueller rummages through his now borderline-classic book, Rock & Hard Places, reissued and revised this October, and digs out ten pivotal moments from his years on and off the bus

Neoprolific History: Julian Cope’s Copendium Reviewed

Jimmy Martin sets off on an expedition in to the rock 'n' roll underworld with the former frontman of The Teardrop Explodes by way of his new book

A Poet’s Guide To Public Transport

To mark the release of his new book, Life In Transit, poet Sam Berkson offers The Quietus ten literary inspired rules for surviving public transport in the modern age

The Curious Case Of Colonel Sun: Kingsley Amis’s Missing Bond Novel

Aug Stone revisits the only James Bond novel to remain out of physical print, discussing its place within the mythology of 007 and Amis's sizeable contribution to the franchise

Roger Clarke’s A Natural History Of Ghosts Reviewed

Mark Norton tackles the many problems, misconceptions and apparent deceptions of Roger Clarke's latest offering in the ever more crowded field of paranormal studies, finding something altogether more human at its core

Leave The Capitol: The Weird Tales Of Arthur Machen

In a Hallowe'en special, we step sideways into the weird world of Arthur Machen, Mark E. Smith's favourite horror writer

How Music Works: David Byrne Interviewed

The former Talking Heads frontman talks to Quietus Editor John Doran about the ideas in his new book, How Music Works and we offer you the chance to win a copy of your own, signed by the man himself

Vindicated Prada-Meinhof: Seumas Milne Interviewed

Joe Kennedy speaks to the divisive political journalist - seemingly hailed and derided in equal measure - about the pressures and lessons of history and the ever-looming future

We Need To Talk About Griffin: Daniel Trilling On The Far Right

In the wake of the EDL's disastrous Walthamstow march and Nick Griffin's well-earned Twitter suspension the author and journalist puts in to context the rise of far right politics, fascism and outright racism in a supposedly multicultural modern-day Britain

READ: Nirvana – The Recording Sessions

The Quietus presents a short extract, from the book by Rob Jovanovic, released this year for the first time in the UK

The Yoga Of Love: Aldous Huxley’s Island (1962) Revisited

Fifty years after its initial publication Eli Lee discusses the philosophical, political and cultural implications and ramifications of Huxley's utopian case study in psychedelics

Behold! The Quietus Comics Round Up Column

Reggie Chamberlain-King, Mat Colegate and Aug Stone get to grips with comics and graphic novels released in September

The Interpretation of Dreams: Richard Milward Interviewed

Kevin E.G. Perry speaks to the enviably young author, a mere twenty-eight years old, about his newest novel Kimberly's Capital Punishment and the role of dreaming in his work

The Velvet Underground of English Letters: Simon Sellars Discusses J.G. Ballard

Extreme Metaphors having been in the public sphere for just over a week, the book's editor and Ballard aficionado Simon Sellars discusses the relevance of the collection and its subject to contemporary culture with Quietus literary editor Karl Smith

Thy Will Be Done: J.G. Ballard Interviewed by Toby Litt

Taken from the newly released Extreme Metaphors, collecting interviews with J.G. Ballard over his forty-eight year career, British author Toby Litt introduces an extract from his 2006 interview with the 'Seer of Shepperton' on fascism and his then-new novel Kingdom Come

Le Grind: The Ongoing Enigma Of Prince

Wyndham Wallace ploughs his way through another Prince biography to find more questions than answers

An Oral History Of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti

An exclusive extract Trampled Under Foot, Barney Hoskyns' new oral history of Led Zeppelin

Žižek The Curator: The Year Of Dreaming Dangerously Reviewed

Joshua Warren attempts to unravel the often celebrated but always controversial philosopher's latest work

Homelands: Patrick White – A Personal Odyssey

In the centenary year of the celebrated Australian author’s birth, Barnaby Smith asks how it is that this giant of literature has all but disappeared from the nation’s cultural consciousness

Everything Is An Amalgam: Sam Riviere Interviewed

“Living Dyingly” – Christopher Hitchens’s Mortality

Matthew Foster on the late Christopher Hitchens' final book

All Talked Out: Dismantling The History Of Talk Talk

Wyndham Wallace examines two new celebrations of the work of Talk Talk, 80s synth-poppers turned art-rock pioneers. (Plus an exclusive extract from Spirit Of Talk Talk, the book, by Chris Roberts…)

READ: Paul Auster’s Winter Journal

Paul Auster's Winter Journal is released this week via Faber and Faber. Read an extract here

Every Love Story Is A Ghost Story: A Life Of David Foster Wallace

Charlie Fox reviews D.T. Max's biography of David Foster Wallace - a writer morned and maligned in seemingly equal measure

To Wage War With Ghosts: Joe Banks Of Disinformation Interviewed

Jamie Sutcliffe talks to sound artist and author Joe Banks (aka Disinformation) about his new book Rorschach Audio, a history of Electronic Voice Phenomena and other distortions of aural perception

David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Madonna & Asparagus: Kraftwerk In 1976

This extract from David Buckley's excellent new Kraftwerk biography Publikation (out now on Omnibus) looks at an album collaboration that didn't happen and an expedition to buy seasonal vegetables that did

Damn The Torpedoes! The Quietus Comics Round Up Column For August!

Mat Colegate and Aug Stone get to grips with comic releases for August