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Eating Things on Sticks2 comments

bookwitch wrote 3 weeks ago: Clare at Random snuck this Anne Fine book in with some others I had asked for. She thought it was wo … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, Travel, Review, humour, Melvin Burgess, Anne Fine

Prizes, television, travels and other news 5 comments

bookwitch wrote 1 month ago: Philip Ardagh is officially funny, having been awarded the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009 on Tuesday. I … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, blogs, Television, Awards, writing, humour

I'm no howler,3 comments

bookwitch wrote 2 months ago: nor am I a blunder or a mistake. I think. Nevertheless I get a mention on the first page of Philip A … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, Review, humour

Marmite is truly horrid7 comments

bookwitch wrote 3 months ago: We have a cellar full of Marmite. Luckily it’s fully contained in those nice jars that Marmite … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, audio books, Christmas, picture book, Review, humour, Francesca Simon

Some more photos for you...4 comments

bookwitch wrote 3 months ago: if you haven’t already had enough. In fact, here are more photos even if you have. And that … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Jacqueline Wilson, Adele Geras, michael morpurgo, Travel, Elizabeth Laird, Julia Jarman, Melvin Burgess

‘Writing novels is basically lying’3 comments

bookwitch wrote 3 months ago: It really was Day 7 despite it being the eighth day, because the exhausted witch and her photographe … more →

Tags: Books, Bookshops, Authors, Reading, writing, Elizabeth Laird, Patrick Ness, louise rennison, Keith Gray

Crime or children's?9 comments

bookwitch wrote 4 months ago: Who’d have thought that my Jo Nesbø debut would be with a book about farting? There I was, peacefull … more →

Tags: Books, Authors, Reading, languages, Crime, Travel, Review, humour, Jo Nesbø

The 2009 Branford Boase photos4 comments

bookwitch wrote 5 months ago: Many thanks to Paul Carter, who took these photos at the Branford Boase evening at Walker Books on T … more →

Tags: Books, Philip Pullman, Authors, Awards, Jacqueline Wilson, writing, B R Collins

Book Fairs and Festivals

bookwitch wrote 5 months ago: Programmes have been perused at length. Why do they have to be quite so long? Could be because book … more →

Tags: Adele Geras, Authors, Books, Caroline Lawrence, Cathy Cassidy, Crime, Jacqueline Wilson, michael morpurgo, picture book

Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne Plan 9 Films

Brian wrote 6 months ago: Source: Variety Bob Shaye and longtime partner Michael Lynne, former moguls of the now absorbed New … more →

Tags: Action/Adventure, Animation, Biopic, Drama, Fantasy, News, Science Fiction, Thriller, 7th son

April Ardagh2 comments

bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: My calendar boy for the month of April is Philip Ardagh. Spent Monday’s dinner agonising over … more →

Tags: Authors

From The Girl's Own Paper

bookwitch wrote 1 year ago: I’ll call it temporary thickness, but it took me a while to work out that Philip Ardagh’ … more →

Tags: Books, Authors

Useless lists1 comment

bookwitch wrote 2 years ago: Philip Ardagh; I love you. Again, or still, or whatever. Philip Ardagh’s Book of Absolutely Us … more →

Tags: Books, Authors

The very lovely Philip Ardagh

bookwitch wrote 2 years ago: When we met yesterday I had a lot of fun with Philip Ardagh. So it’s not just reading his book … more →

Tags: Books, Philip Pullman, Authors

"Newsflash"2 comments

bookwitch wrote 2 years ago: Philip Pullman covets Philip Ardagh’s Moomin tie. The bookwitch understands PP gazed longingly … more →

Tags: Philip Pullman, Authors

Philip Ardagh

bookwitch wrote 2 years ago: I’ve been having fun with Philip Ardagh recently. And that’s without meeting him in pers … more →

Tags: Books, Authors


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