UK Books – The Guardian – The best books of 2016
Fiction Crime and thrillers SF and fantasy Biography and autobiography Politics
TV – Food – English
The other day my wife and I were watching BBC 4’s Nigel Slater’s Icing on the Cake (available on BBC iPlayer for the next three weeks) ‘a nostalgic and funny journey back in time exploring the earliest origins of cake in Britain …’ A part of the programme was devoted to the Clandestine Cake Club which describes itself as…
BITM – Controversial Children’s Books
Barbie computer engineer story withdrawn after sexism row Publisher changes titles after seven-year-old girl’s complaint Grimm brothers’ fairytales have blood and horror restored in new translation Acknowledgement to The Guardian
English – UK Books – Wine – Radio
When I started the blog I decided that I would add at least one post a day (except weekends) but in my naiveté I did not factor in Eskom and its planned power failures, Telkom (whom I have now needed to phone for the third Monday in a row) and the disappearance yesterday of all my folders…
BITM – Canada Reads 2015
We’re looking for books for Canada Reads 2015! Do you have a suggeston for a book that will break barriers? We’re looking for books that will help us understand and overcome the things that divide us, in families, in and between communities, and at large. If you have a suggestion, submit it via Twitter, Facebook,Instagram…
SA Books – Launch of Do Not Go Gentle by Futhi Ntshingila
Pietermaritzburg Launch of Do Not Go Gentle by Futhi Ntshingila Saturday 6 December, 12:00 Click the link above to take you to the announcement on the Modjaji Books blog
News – Book Depository to establish Australian supply?
Book Depository to establish Australian supply? Listen now Download audio Monday 24 November 2014 10:05AM In 2011 Nick Sherry, the then Small Business Minister said ‘In five years, other than a few specialist booksellers in capital cities, we will not see a bookstore, they will cease to exist.’ Despite his dire prediction that the growing…
Radio – Books on BBC Radio
Books on BBC iPlayer Radio To break the monotony of the daily commute, my wife enjoys listening to books (either as readings or dramatisations) in the car. So I decided to create a mini database of what the Beeb has to offer to keep up-to-date and not miss out on episodes of a particular…
Radio – Foreign Bodies – Radio 4
Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country’s history and political system. Series 3 started on Monday 17 November and the five part series can be heard here.
BITM – Edward Abbot – The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery For the Many As Well as the Upper Ten Thousand
Edward Abbot | The English and Australian Cookery Book … | Australia’s first colonial cookbook with kangaroo brain, roasted wombat recipes is republished after 150 years PM By Nick Grimm RELATED STORY: Australia’s ‘first cookbook’ goes on show MAP: Australia A colonial-era cookbook featuring recipes like battered kangaroo brains deep fried in emu oil and…