When I get ill I like Hot Ribena, Heinz tomato soup and to curl up in my favourite blanket with a “comfort read”. (Oh – and drugs.) And the ultimate “comfort read”, for me, is a book by Noel Streatfeild. Best known for Ballet Shoes she wrote many novels for children, generally [...]
Author Archive > Gill
The Spellbook of Listen Taylor by Jaclyn Moriarty
When a favourite author brings out a new book there is a certain magic, a tingling anticipation when you open the crisp new pages and prepare to devour the contents. Fo me Jaclyn Moriarty is one such author. When I read Feeling Sorry for Celia I was so excited by this sparkling new [...]
Ramblings of a lapsed book blogger / NEXT SHOW!!
Well as predicted (by me) I’ve let the blog lapse. The show is coming on well – we have now been given a regular slot: –
The last Tuesday of every month at 10am!
April 28… May 26… June 30… July 28… August 25… September 29…
Which means the next show is next [...]
Next Show!!
Just to let our avid listeners know that our next show will be broadcast at 10am on Tuesday 17th March on Phonic FM 106.8. It will also be repeated at midnight on Friday and Saturday nights (20th and 21st).
Enjoy!
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
In December 2007 Rowling produced seven hand written and illustrated copies of this book, bound in morocco leather and set with precious stones. Six were presented as gifts to people involved in the making of the Harry Potter series (such as Barry Cunningham - her first editor). The seventh copy was auctioned by Sotheby’s, and bought by [...]
New Show!
Just to let everyone know our January show is being broadcast (a few days late – since it’s February!) this week.
Listen live on Phonic 106.8FM on Tuesday 3rd Feb at 9am or Wednesday 4th Feb at 2pm. You can also listen to phonic online at www.phonic.fm
If you miss it don’t worry, it will be available [...]
New Blog Entry
I’ve just posted a new entry discussing JK Rowling’s Tales of Beedle the Bard – you can also hear Tina, Abi and I discussing it further on the January show.
Quote of the Week
The first fall of snow is not only an event, but it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up to find yourself in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?
J. B. Priestley 1894-1984: Apes and Angels (1928) [...]
New Blog Entry
I’ve just put a new blog entry up, reviewing The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, winner of 2008 Man Booker prize, and one of our choices for the January show (which will be broadcast soon!)
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
I just had a look at the Man Booker Prize winner archives (http://www.themanbookerprize.com/prize/archive) and was depressed and embarrassed to discover that this was only the second of the forty book list that I’ve read. The first, Pat Barker’s Ghost Road I don’t really remember except as part of the Regeneration Trilogy. And me an English [...]
