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Rapper Coolio to release cookery book

Following the success of his culinary webisodes, the hip-hop star is to release a book of 'gourmet ghetto' recipes that will doubtless shame anything Gordon Ramsay has put his name to

Poem of the week: The Owl Describing her Young Ones

Carol Rumens: Today, a cautionary tale of maternal pride from the underrated Anne Finch

Importing a passion for poetry

Sarah Maguire: If we could read the poets that move huge audiences elsewhere in the world, would it wake up our own?

Stoker's blood relation resurrects Dracula

News: Dacre Stoker writes authorised sequel to great grand-uncle Bram's vampire classic

Cooking with testicles - Fraser Lewry has himself a ball

It's hard to ignore the charm of a recipe that begins 'wash penis clean and pat dry'. Fraser Lewry whips up a few treats from the Testicle Cookbook

Philip Hoare's top 10 whale tales

Top 10: There is more to whale-based literature than just Moby-Dick, writes the celebrated social historian

Obituary: Gregory McDonald

Obituary: Author and journalist behind the Fletch series of novels

Michael Fitzpatrick: The comic fanatic now running Japan

Michael Fitzpatrick: Taro Aso believes his manga and anime related obsessions can lift Japan out of its current economic hole

Mouth-watering recipes from Allegra McEvedy's new Leon cookbook

Exclusive recipes from the restaurant chain Leon, has won a string of awards for its tasty, healthy fast food since it opened in 2004.

Review: The Half by Simon Annand

Review: The Half by Simon AnnandSimon Annand's series of photographs catch the moment that the daily self is shed and the actor slides their way into a role, says Olivia Laing

Review: Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen

Review: Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka GalchenGalchen's first novel is full of twitchy, digressive prose and idiosyncratic phrasing, says Killian Fox

Review: A Most Wanted Man by John le Carré

Audiobook: A Most Wanted Man by John le CarréLe Carré's narration brings the world of espionage to life, says Rachel Redford

Review: What Will Survive by Joan Smith

Review: What Will Survive by Joan SmithJoan Smith's novel echoes the frenzy following the death of the Princess of Wales, says Heather Thompson

Cookbook for sale. Price 100. Just don't try to pick it up

Heston Blumenthal's magnum opus contains recipes to confirm him as 'the king of molecular gastronomy'

The proof of the sardines was in the tasting: 'Putrid'

What happened when Laura Potter attempted to cook a dish from Heston Blumenthal's cookbook

Heston Blumenthal's Big Fat Duck Cookbook comes with a big fat price tag

It's here! All week I've been in a state of tremulous anticipation, and now it's landed (or rather thudded) onto my desk: an advanced copy of Heston Blumenthal's massive, epoch-defining, silver ostrich feather embossed Fat Duck cookbook, which is publishe ...

Agns Poirier: Les adultes terribles

Agns Poirier: Michel Houellebecq and Bernard Henry-Lvy have teamed up to produce a book. Is it as bad as their films?

Books preview: Paul Auster, London

Queen Elizabeth Hall, October 9

Books preview: The Great Booker Debate, Somerset

Octagon Theatre, October 9

Review: Journal of Dora Damage by Belinda Starling

Review: Journal of Dora Damage by Belinda StarlingA Dickensian web of intrigue and lies involving black ex-slaves with workmanship to die for says Nicola Barr

Review: Quiet War by Paul McAuley

Review: Quiet War by Paul McAuleyFew writers conjure futures as convincingly as McAuley says Eric Brown

Review: DogFellow's Ghost by Gavin Smith

Review: DogFellow's Ghost by Gavin SmithThe power of Smith's retelling lies in his uncanny ability to enter the tragic psyche of DogFellow says Eric Brown

Review: Beyond Chutzpah by Norman G Finklestein

Review: Beyond Chutzpah by Norman G FinklesteinJewish American academic argues that legitimate criticism of Israeli policy is possible writes Ian Pindar

Books preview: Jackie Kay, Cumbria

Waterside Hotel, October 7

Review: Doomsday Men by PD Smith

Review: Doomsday Men by PD SmithNuclear physics isn't often entertaining to the layperson, but Doomsday Men is comprehensible and fascinating writes Helen Zaltzman

Books preview: David Lodge, Norwich

University of East Anglia, October 8

The Icelandic Sagas: Europe's most important book?

Ben Myers: Dramatic, impartial and concerned with reality rather than gods, The Icelandic Sagas fits our modern sense of storytelling

Alistair Cooke: Exclusive Letter from America download

A memorable Letter from America in November 1963, after the shooting of President John F Kennedy

Simon Jenkins: Vermeer was no sex-mad garret artist. The scribblers have got the wrong girl

Simon Jenkins: The truth about the subject of this famous image has been trampled over by a salacious West End and Hollywood

 

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