Literature

This is a skeleton page, but should ultimately discuss Pubnightish authors, at least:

G K Chesterton
Robert Rankin and in particular The Brentford Octology
Flann O'Brien for influences on the above
Jeff Noon for writing a (very odd) book with a Dominos based plot. The Novel was called Nymphomation and a resume of the plot can be found on the Spike Magazine website
Most importantly of course: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the author most often mentioned at Pubnight over the decades¹

In addition, there should be a list of authors/novels that mention pubs that PNC and its splinter groups or members thereof have actually drunk in.

To start this off, there is:

Henry Fielding and his laugh a minute comedy Tom Jones which refers to, but never actually names The White Lion in Upton
Robert Neill and his romance of religous persecution in the marshes of Lancashire Moon in Scorpio which features The Boar's Head in, erm, Boars Head (between Standish and Wigan).
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Chequers - visited by Holmes and Watson in "The Creeping Man". This takes place in Camford - a thin disguise for Oxford (if you think it's really Cambridge then see me afterwards). Black Swan, Winchester - Holmes and Watson meet Violet Hunter here in "The Copper Beeches".

Notes:

1 : Although not much of Sir Arthur's work involves pubs (apart from the odd cameo role in several Sherlock Holmes stories) and dominos doesn't feature much either. In fact, a search at project Gutenburg fails to find any mention on the word "domino" in Doyle's work. "Bristles"², however, has 5 separate mentions.
2 : We are undone, my good Watson! It is finished