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Cake Days: Recipes to Make Every Day Special by Tarek Malouf
The Hummingbird Bakery opened on Portobello Road in London seven years ago to satiate a growing appetite for traditional American baked goods including cupcakes, pies and, eventually, whoopies. It would seem that the whoopie pie is the new cupcake, given…
Love in a Dish and Other Pieces by M.F.K. Fisher
This is one of 20 volumes in a new series by Penguin called Great Food. Like the Great Ideas series, they are exquisitely designed and provide an easily digestible introduction to an impressive range of food writers, from Brillat-Savarin…
Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell
The inspirational Jane Goodall turned a love of nature into a lifetime’s work with chimpanzees in Tanzania. From hiding in the chicken coop so she could understand the miracle of an egg to leading a club called ‘The Alligator Society’…
The Octonauts and the Sea of Shade
The Octonauts live a peaceful life in their underwater base, the Octopod. Captain Barnacles Bear enjoys writing in his logbook, Dashi Dog likes playing basketball, and Peso Penguin practices the piano. But when Tweak Bunny arrives in the Octopod looking…
Big Nate: Boredom Buster by Lincoln Peirce
If you’re not familiar with the Big Nate series, you’re missing out! These hilarious books are often compared to Diary of a Wimpy Kid because of their comic book-style illustrations, but Big Nate deserves a following all of his own…
Mega Mash-Ups: Robots vs. Gorillas in the Desert by Nikalas Catlow & Tim Wesson
Have you ever been reading a book and thought it would be SO much better if you drew in some funny faces, or a giant bird swooping out of the sky to carry someone off? You’d probably get in trouble…
The Absolutist by John Boyne
Here in Boyne’s eighth novel, aimed at adult readers the total brutality, filth and gore of war are aptly displayed. In that sense, despite the most beautiful use of language this is not a story for the faint hearted. The…
The Amateur Science of Love by Craig Sherborne
Writing is where you go to tell the truth, but it’s also a place of art. To reproduce what’s real simply isn’t good enough. From Hoi Polloi to Muck, this great memoirist has given us reason to embrace the…
Cannibal Courtship by Dengue Fever
Opening with a tune suited to lounging around a cannibal’s steaming pot with a cocktail and some good and/or tasty friends, Dengue Fever’s new album has made Cambodian surf pop my new favourite genre.
Some songs – like the amazing…
Falling Glass by Adrian McKinty
Channelling one of the great crime authors, Raymond Chandler, is Adrian McKinty with his newest title. Michael Forsythe, the star of his previous novels, is now one of the side characters, leaving the wonderfully named Killian to take the lead…
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