Archive > October 2008

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Tina’s choice for our October show was Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I had never read this book before, although I’m a big fan of Ray Bradbury’s short stories, which I discovered as a teenager, with collections such as The Small Assassin and The Illustrated Man. Tina borrowed I Sing the Body Electric off me, [...]

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Peter Dickinson – The Ropemaker and Angel Isle

Peter Dickinson is a great and varied children’s author. Some of his most well known novels are AK and Tulku, which won the Carnegie Medal in 1979. Among his many novels my favourites include a collection of short stories about a girl and her whippet called Chuck and Danielle. Four novels set in pre-historic times [...]

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Welcome to Gill’s Mighty Book Blog!!!!

Welcome!!! My name is Gill, and I’m one of the presenters of The Mighty Book Radio Show www.themightybook.co.uk on Exeter’s Phonic FM www.phonic.fm The show is recorded for broadcast monthly, and is essentially a book-group meeting, though we often have guest reviewers too. If you want to get involved in the show please join the [...]

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