It’s been a while since we’ve had a short story on the website, so I figured it was about time for one (of course, if you’re signed up for the newsletter, you would have received a brand new short story last month, involving very small, Doctor Who-obsessed muggers. Yes, I know. It’s something in the…
The Joys & Difficulties of Books in Dialect
A new book chat video regarding reading books in dialect in which, for no reason I can understand, I suddenly transform into an elderly farmer-pirate, and never quite recover. In my defence, the cat did manage to convince me that it was 6 a.m. rather than 5 a.m. when she woke me this morning, so…
The Life-Changing Joy of Hoarding Books
I saw the other day that Marie Kondo has a new show on Netflix, in which she goes into people’s homes and tells them what to throw out. This, apparently, includes books, which means I will never, ever watch this show, any more than I have read her book, The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up….
Boy’s Life, Robert R. McCammon – All Kinds of Magic
Sometimes a book just seems to be everywhere. And I don’t mean in the sense of the new Stephen King book that’s being reviewed and advertised in every medium possible. I mean in the sense that everyone seems to be reading it, and it’s some quiet thing that’s been out for ages but has only…
A Classic Kiwi Anzac Biscuit Recipe (for investigative dragons)
I’m quite embarrassed to admit that I’ve never actually made Anzac biscuits before. They were ubiquitous when I was growing up – every market stall and bakery had them, and the taste of them is as wonderfully familiar as my go-to quick cookie recipe for porridge cakes (which I have yet to put on this…