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DBC Pierre

DBC Pierre is an Australian author

July 2023

  • DBC Pierre.

    The books of my life
    DBC Pierre: ‘A memoir by American televangelists changed my mind on taste’

    The Australian author on escaping with Papillon, avoiding The Trial, and rolling with The Dice Man

June 2022

  • Composite of Big Snake Little Snake by DBC Pierre

    Australian book reviews
    Big Snake Little Snake by DBC Pierre review – like a pub conversation about life, fate and the universe

    The Booker prize-winner continues to indulge himself in a rage against metrics – but after a couple of decades of choppy form, that’s not necessarily a bad thing

August 2020

  • DBC Pierre.

    'I decided the book should taste like a lime': DBC Pierre on writing Vernon God Little

  • Author DBC Pierre Photographed in Cambridgeshire on 20th July 2020

    Books interview
    DBC Pierre: 'You can be shut down from life because of one mistake'

April 2020

  • A woman sitting in front of a typewriter

    From Stephen King to Anne Lamott: the 10 most inspiring, enjoyable books about how to write

    These are brilliant guides to creativity, commitment and structure – whether you intend to write yourself, or just love great writing

June 2018

  • Clockwise from top left: Hilary Mantel, Marlon James, Anne Enright, Howard Jacobson, Margaret Atwood and Julian Barnes.

    What it is like to win the Booker prize, by Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel, Peter Carey and more

    As the Man Booker prize turns 50 and readers vote for their favourite ever recipient, novelists reveal the highs (and lows) of winning ‘the Oscar’ of the literary world

February 2017

  • Nikki Amuka-Bird.

    So you want to be an artist? Then let the pros show you how it's done

    DBC Pierre wrote in a fever, Frank Turner dabbled in thrash and Nikki Amuka-Bird jumped off a cliff. Artists reveal how they got to the top – and how you can too

May 2015

  • Zadie Smith.

    Books blog
    The Guardian first book award: 16 years of talent-spotting

    As nominations for 2015 open, it’s a good time to remember that the prize isn’t just the sum of its winners but of all the shortlisted stars of the future

April 2015

  • cocktail party

    Books blog
    Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?

    Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them

September 2014

  • Yianni Papoutsis and Scott Collin … a meteoric rise.

    The MEATliquor Chronicles: the meat wagon rolls on

    Yianni Papoutsis and Scott Collins have gone from burger van to running six restaurants in five years. Their new book, featuring DBC Pierre, is less a cookbook than a distillation of their style and ethos, writes Alex Clark

November 2013

  • DBC Pierre

    Petit Mal by DBC Pierre; Stories II by TC Boyle – review

    DBC Pierre's mixed bag of images and text is messy but occasionally brilliant, while TC Boyle's sharp new stories recall simpler pleasures, writes Anthony Cummins

October 2013

  • DBC Pierre

    Petit Mal by DBC Pierre – review

    This strange repackaging of bits and pieces does the Man Booker winner no favours, says Sam Leith

December 2012

  • Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

    Top 10s
    Suzette Field's top 10 literary party hosts

    Suzette Field: From Jay Gatsby to Mrs Dalloway to the Devil himself, here's a selection of the meanest party throwers in literature

October 2012

  • Werner Herzog's next project will be Vernon God Little

    Werner Herzog to bring Vernon God Little to the big screen

    Adaptation of DBC Pierre's award-winning novel marks a return to fiction, and to Texas, for the German director

June 2012

  • An axolotl

    Mexican marvels: DBC Pierre and the axolotls

    Axolotls are salamander-like creatures that can regrow their limbs, jaws and even spines. DBC Pierre on why he is collaborating on a symphony inspired by the creatures he once kept as pets

  • My city: video guides
    DBC Pierre's guide to Mexico City: part two - video

    Award-winning author DBC Pierre grew up in Mexico City. In the second part of his guide to the city, he traces its Aztec history

  • My city: video guides
    DBC Pierre's guide to Mexico City: part one – video

    Award-winning author DBC Pierre takes us on a tour of the San Angel neighbourhood in Mexico City, where he grew up

March 2011

  • Alan Bennett

    Book lovers flock to hear Trafalgar Square readings

    Authors including Alan Bennett, DBC Pierre and Margaret Atwood defy chill to celebrate World Book Night

January 2011

  • DBC Pierre, writer

    Portrait of the artist
    Portrait of the artist: DBC Pierre, writer

    DBC Pierre: 'I'm very suggestible; I become my characters – and as my books are all in the presence of death, it can be difficult'

September 2010

  • DBC Pierre

    Lights Out in Wonderland by DBC Pierre

    The Booker-winning author's toxic rant against the excesses of modern capitalism is doomed to heroic failure, says Tim Adams
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