Books & Poetry

With the sad news of the death of one of British theatre's most iconic figures, Harold Pinter, we take a look back at a career that has embraced performance, stage and screen writing and political activism

Time Out Books Editor John O’Connell picks his top 15 books of 2008

Time Out's critics pick the best books to be giving as Christmas presents: art books, film books, classical music books and top reads in comedy, dance, music and theatre

If it’s Christmas, that means a slew of oddball titles being pushed into stockings. But are they any good?

In Neil Gaiman’s latest novel for children, a young boy is adopted by a graveyard’s occupants after his parents are killed. Scary stuff? Or will kids just take it in their stride? Time Out asks him

Zoë Heller’s new novel, ‘The Believers’, showcases the Bahamas-based author’s genius for creating complex, troubling characters

The novelist and critic, whose inimitable dry voice has been a literary fixture since 1992’s ‘Cock & Bull’ is one of Time Out London’s 40th birthday heroes

London’s self-appointed chronicler, historian, poet, novelist, biographer and champion, who lives and breathes this city is one of Time Out’s 40th birthday London heroes