Being the world’s greatest pick-up artist won’t help when the shit hits the fan. Neil Strauss tells us about the apocalypse paranoia and hardcore survival skills that inspired his latest book Emergency.

Reports emerge that Darren Aronofsky's new film The Black Swan will be based on a philosophical treatise on economics. Not true. Yet not unfeasible on current trends.

This grim but unforgettable debut novel describes one man's search for meaning at the end of the world.

Enter the world of the Asian mail-order bride in this debut novel that has an impressive literary pedigree, but stylistically tends much more towards chick-lit.

Whether you're a dog person, a cat person or a fan of pop-culture parody, you'll enjoy this delightfully silly animal crime romp.

In part two of our discussion with culture sponge Craig Schuftan, Nietzsche throws lightning bolts, Rivers Cuomo writes poetry (just), Keats nurtures his depression and Kraftwerk make us laugh.

The world has told emos to cheer up since the nineteenth century. We talk to Craig Schuftan about his latest book Hey! Nietzsche! Leave Them Kids Alone! and why teens are ripe for Romanticism.

Zombies are appearing more and more in literature, almost as if they scent its braaaaaaains. We review two recent twists on this mythos.

Sonya Hartnett's novel about teenage metamorphosis really nails the life-or-death struggles of adolescence, and makes some sly observations about the world of adults.