Pretty in Pink

Posted on 21. Jul, 2008 by susie in big woo, biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, music

Hardbacks!  Pink hardbacks!  Pink hardbacks that when piled resemble some kind of delicious mutant xylophone made from boiled sugar!  OK, maybe that’s just me having gone a bit wonk-eyed from staring at them lovingly.  But honestly, has a pile of books ever looked quite that lickable?  How handy that I have a nice three-letter word [...]

Contains Mild Peril

Posted on 04. Jun, 2008 by susie in big woo, biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, films, internet, kids' books i've been reading, other writers

The kidlit world is getting its undies in a right old knot over publishers’ plans to include age guidance on children’s books. Those against include, well, probably every children’s writer you’ve ever heard of. Except for Meg Rosoff who, in typical fashion, is swimming against the tide, and thinks it might be quite [...]

Cookery in Colour

Posted on 05. May, 2008 by susie in big woo, biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, cooking, internet, kids' books i've been reading, other writers, telly

In traditional fashion, I have spent the Bank Holiday doing DIY.  Specifically, decorating the kitchen.

That’s what happens when you burrow in the cupboard for chick peas, and find the turmeric instead.  If I was a C15th spice merchant, I’d be well narked.  As it is, I’m quite impressed by my artistic jar-juggling skills.  I’m calling [...]

Rest In Nidd, Humph

Posted on 26. Apr, 2008 by susie in big woo, biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, films, kids' books i've been reading, telly

He’s been introduced on stage with the words ‘Yes, he’s still alive…it’s Humphrey Lyttelton!’ for so long, it seems impossible that he now isn’t.
Forget cups of tea, kings and queens, fish and chips (or endless rain, endemic alcoholism, and teenage pregnancy): I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue is the true symbol of Britishness. When [...]

NOT fish fingers a la Portuguese

Posted on 15. Apr, 2008 by susie in big woo, biscuits and lies, books i've been reading, cooking, doctor who, kids' books i've been reading, other writers, telly

Fellow kid-novelista MG’s been torturing me all week with beachside Blackberry-blogging from Brazil, so when my Brazilian buddy Be pined loudly for the Bossa Nostra bistro in Brighton, I said ‘brilliant’ and booked a B&B. When the alphabet is that freakishly persistent, I say roll with it.
I’ll concede that Maracajau probably had the edge [...]

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