Culture Digest

Bruce Altshuler et al. (eds.) (Phaidon, London and New York, 2008)

Michael Fried (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2008)

Geoff Dyer (Canongate, Edinburgh, 2009)

Antony and the Johnsons (Rough Trade, 2009)

Paavoharju (Fonal, 2008)

(RCA Legacy, 2008)

Basic Channel (Basic Channel, 2008)

In an ongoing series frieze asks curators, artists and writers to list the books that have influenced them

Magazine (Virgin/EMI, 2008)

Tim Etchells (Heinemann, London, 2008)

Svetlana Boym (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008)

Federico Fellini (Rizzoli, New York, 2008)

Simon Critchley (Granta, London, 2008)

Paul Schütze (free download)

John Baker (Trunk Records, 2008)

Alexander Tucker (ATP Recordings, 2008)

Three women are in the running for this year’s prize, which will be awarded in December to a British-based artist under 50

Fritz Haeg (Metropolis Books, New York, 2008)

Alex Ross (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2007)

John Roberts (Verso, London, 2007)