Aussie food guru Libby Weaver has had a potentially costly and very much embarrassing error.
Author: Jillian Allison-Aitken
REVIEW Everybody’s Fool
A decade after Nobody’s Fool, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo’s returns to the same characters for a new novel: Everybody’s Fool. Set in the not-so-salubrious American town of North Bath and taking place over a weekend, this new novel has…
On the bookshelves: October 2017
Here’s my 2 cents worth …
My first trip the America was a baffling experience when it came to the money: what’s up with those coins? The Aussie ones are bad enough, with the $2 coin being so much smaller than the $1, but the Americans…
REVIEW Killing Time
Dubai is known for its luxury and excess, but scratch the surface and you’ll find the glitzy tourist destination isn’t quite so bright and shiny. The laws in Dubai are much more strict than in the West, and the consequences…
On the bookshelves: September 2017
REVIEW Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women’s Comics
If you happen to read the mainstream newspapers and magazines in this country (in fact, in most countries) you could be forgiven for thinking there were no women comic writers. Even at first glance on the internet, this appears to…
James Patterson announces beneficiaries
Best-selling author and reading advocate James Patterson has announced the recipients of his cash injection to help get children reading. While touring Australia in May, Patterson announced plans to donate a total of $100,000 to bookstores throughout New Zealand and…
On the bookshelves: August 2017
REVIEW The Last Mile
Melvin Mars sits in a cell, awaiting execution for the brutal murder of his parents two decades. However, just hours before he is scheduled to die, he is granted an unexpected reprieve when someone else confesses to the crime. In…