Back in 2015, I reviewed Michael Booth’s ‘Sushi and Beyond: What the Japanese Know about Cooking’ and interviewed the author himself. Booth has a lot of people’s dream jobs – he’s a best-selling author and journalist who writes predominantly about travel and food. ‘The Meaning of Rice: and Other Tales from the Belly of Japan’ … Continue reading
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#NaNoWriMo book review: The Reason I Jump
We’ve reached the end of National Novel Writing Month on the blog! Hopefully you’ve discovered some new books and had some early Christmas present inspiration. Our last book of the month is a rather unique one, ‘The Reason I Jump’ by Naoki Higashida. Unlike the other books reviewed this month, ‘The Reason I Jump’ isn’t … Continue reading
#NanNoWriMo November blog special!
Seeing as November is National Novel Writing Month aka #NaNoWriMo, this blog is going to be all about books this month! Assuming you’ve been online in the last several years, you’ll know thousands of budding writers take on the NaNoWriMo challenge each November: write a book in a month! Doesn’t sound easy, does it? Every … Continue reading
Blog’s Best of 2013
So, 2013’s been pretty busy! Lots of events were attended, shows were watched, videos were edited and guest bloggers came to the rescue. There are a lot of people I want to thank; prize providers, guest bloggers, everyone else who helped put content together in some way and, of course, the readers. I wanted to … Continue reading
New mascot!
NB: Some of my earliest blogs no longer have their accompanying images but enjoy the copy! Say ‘hello’ to the blog’s new mascot! A massive thanks to the-dazhrak-lady, who was the winner of the blog’s first every competition way back when – the original mascot competition! Now that the blog’s two years old, I thought … Continue reading