Remember last October, during the Katherine Hale controversy, when we heard about the reviewer who was whacked over the head with a wine bottle while working in supermarket Asda in Scotland by author Richard Brittain who’d travelled 500 miles to do so as revenge for a negative review?
Continue reading Author Richard Brittain Pleads Guilty for Attacking Reviewer with Wine Bottle
Today is Super Thursday, the day publishing houses release their (mostly hardcover) books into the wild for frenzied Christmas consumption in order to boost dead tree sales in bricks-and-mortar bookshops. Last year saw over 300 titles released in a single day, paling in comparison to today’s 503.
Continue reading UK Publishing’s ‘Super Thursday’ – 503 Books Released in Time for Christmas
Dear Dr Seuss fans, a new treasure has been dug up, dusted off and reproduced for your enjoyment!
Continue reading What Pet Should I Get?: Dr. Seuss’s Go Set a Watchman
A lot of readers seem to be particularly upset with Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman. So much so that it’s now socially acceptable to return this thoroughly read book if you bought it from Brilliant Books in Traverse City, Michigan.
Continue reading Bookshop offering refunds for Go Set a Watchman
As I’m redecorating my home bit-by-bit, I thought I might as well redecorate the blog, too.
Writing the The Wicked + The Divine review reminded me of Jay-Z’s Lucifer, so I looked it up on YouTube for a listen.
Instead I find this.
Last month Yael Biran broke her elbow in South-East London so she travelled to her local NHS hospital with a book to read while in the waiting rooms. However, the experience was not at all what she expected, so she wrote the following complaints letter.
Continue reading Hilarious NHS Complaints Letter from a Desperate Reader
Bibliobath has designed nearly indestructible books you can safely read in the bath, on the beach or poolside.
Continue reading Kickstarter: Bibliobath’s Waterproof & Tear-Resistant Books – are you interested?
Am I the only pessimist to feel this way towards the new Booklikes feature? Who will be the first to attach a ‘big smile’ to a 1-star review? Including even a slightly negative emoji when adding a book to your shelves or a currently reading update will, at some point, earn a reader the ire of the book’s author and their fans.
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I was really sad to hear Marguerite Patten had died ten days ago at the ripe old age of 99. She was the first celebrity chef, teaching British people how to eat a nutrient rich diet while making the most of their rations during World War Two, going on to have her own TV show in 1947. She wrote over 170 cookbooks which sold over 17 million copies worldwide. I last saw her on TV doing an interview on the BBC’s The One Show in 2007 when she would’ve been in her early 90s. Clearly she was a hardworking woman with a passion for food. Her love of butter and lard obviously did her no harm.
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