Just a couple of bits
Cut-price shed book via Alex The Shed. The RRP is actually £25 not £20 - so even more of a bargain, for a book with a title made up of two words that don't immediately appear to go together.
And a review of one of my heroes Ken Thompson's latest from Emma "Muppet" Cooper. Em has quite a lot of booky stuff if you put book into her site's search bar.
Why she's not a Flange member I really don't know
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Showing posts with label Blog Book Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blog Book Reviews. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008
Blog Book News
There are a small number of blogs that can be relied upon to have garden book-based posts on a regular basis.
Amongst them are two American ones which, between them, cover two ends of the spectrum. Garden History Girl has items from, as you would expect, the classic history of garden books, whilst my friend Amanda at Kiss My Aster covers more recent, but to me, just as interesting publications. In fact recently she has been having a small flurry of posts about loads of them.
Another blogger of regular acquaintance, Mrs Be features Elspeth Thompson's new book on both her blogs.
And on a less familiar note, I recently came across a blog called The Bookish Gardener. Curiously it has little content relating to garden books, except on Henry Mitchell, where there is rather a lot (in itself no bad thing).
But the most exciting news is surely on Emma Cooper's blog where you will find the opportunity to actually take part in writing a book.
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Amongst them are two American ones which, between them, cover two ends of the spectrum. Garden History Girl has items from, as you would expect, the classic history of garden books, whilst my friend Amanda at Kiss My Aster covers more recent, but to me, just as interesting publications. In fact recently she has been having a small flurry of posts about loads of them.
Another blogger of regular acquaintance, Mrs Be features Elspeth Thompson's new book on both her blogs.
And on a less familiar note, I recently came across a blog called The Bookish Gardener. Curiously it has little content relating to garden books, except on Henry Mitchell, where there is rather a lot (in itself no bad thing).
But the most exciting news is surely on Emma Cooper's blog where you will find the opportunity to actually take part in writing a book.
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Monday, 20 October 2008
Guess what I've been up to?
I really should get out more.I find the fact that it's so difficult with gardening books stangely compelling.
BTW - missed this one from yesterday's round-up as it went up just after I'd posted.
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Sunday, 19 October 2008
Blog Book News
Another quick round-up of garden book goings-on, many of which I‘m sure you will have seen.
Highlight for me was Kate‘s eloquent review of James Alexander-Sinclair‘s. book.
Also fellow flange members Helen and VP have a go at the Sorted Books thing.
I think I mentioned the free E-Books here before, but they weren’t actually available at the
time.
And if you are in the market for freebies, pop over here.
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Highlight for me was Kate‘s eloquent review of James Alexander-Sinclair‘s. book.
Also fellow flange members Helen and VP have a go at the Sorted Books thing.
I think I mentioned the free E-Books here before, but they weren’t actually available at the
time.
And if you are in the market for freebies, pop over here.
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Saturday, 16 August 2008
Blog Book News
Another quick breeze through the garden book bits and pieces that I have happened across recently.
The big news is of course the free books up for grabs at VP's Virtual Open Garden.
Meanwhile Emma Townshend is still reading anything with a vaguely horticultural link - this time strawberries.
Again more groovy stuff from my fellow vintage book fan Amanda - although the featured garden looks quite contemporary.
I am in a total green eyed frenzy over a new book R Pete Free has acquired, less so about the gay Alan Titchmarsh book.
And finally a blog I found that has a free E-book for download, and some book reviews [plus a certain measure of cat-nutterdom]
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The big news is of course the free books up for grabs at VP's Virtual Open Garden.
Meanwhile Emma Townshend is still reading anything with a vaguely horticultural link - this time strawberries.
Again more groovy stuff from my fellow vintage book fan Amanda - although the featured garden looks quite contemporary.
I am in a total green eyed frenzy over a new book R Pete Free has acquired, less so about the gay Alan Titchmarsh book.
And finally a blog I found that has a free E-book for download, and some book reviews [plus a certain measure of cat-nutterdom]
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Thursday, 7 August 2008
Blog Book News
Just a quick trot through some of the garden book things cropping up lately.
Firstly an article from last weekend's Telegraph about David Wheeler, the editorial brains behind Hortus, staving off the worst of horticultural deprivation with the books of Margery Fish.
That author, along with Christopher Lloyd, forms a pair of writers whose complete works Jane Perrone is working her way through.
Emma Townshend is (temporarily one hopes) eschewing such worthy stuff in favour of charity books that simply have garden in the title.
And finally, I hope I'm not giving away too much of a secret when I tell you that there may be the odd garden book to be had at VP's Virtual Open Garden shortly.
Firstly an article from last weekend's Telegraph about David Wheeler, the editorial brains behind Hortus, staving off the worst of horticultural deprivation with the books of Margery Fish.
That author, along with Christopher Lloyd, forms a pair of writers whose complete works Jane Perrone is working her way through.
Emma Townshend is (temporarily one hopes) eschewing such worthy stuff in favour of charity books that simply have garden in the title.
And finally, I hope I'm not giving away too much of a secret when I tell you that there may be the odd garden book to be had at VP's Virtual Open Garden shortly.
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Blog Book News
Here's another brief round up of some garden book goings on from the internet.
Alex continues with his Shedworker’s Bookshelf each and every Friday (get ready for tomorrow’s) and this week had a post on the Art & Artisan bookshop.
Also from a shed source is a review of Growing in the Community by Simon Kirby, who is the chap with the rather wonderful shed built entirely from pallets.
The last review is rather preconceived one of Richard Reynolds’s book On Guerrilla Gardening
from a little while back. As a supporter of Guerrilla Gardening I had to stick my oar in.
There’s news of a couple of new books are in the pipeline one from Emma Cooper and another from Gayla Trail.
And finally some photos of Lloyds of Kew (as recommended by EmmaT). Sadly the shop doesn't seem to have it's own site.
Alex continues with his Shedworker’s Bookshelf each and every Friday (get ready for tomorrow’s) and this week had a post on the Art & Artisan bookshop.
Also from a shed source is a review of Growing in the Community by Simon Kirby, who is the chap with the rather wonderful shed built entirely from pallets.
The last review is rather preconceived one of Richard Reynolds’s book On Guerrilla Gardening
from a little while back. As a supporter of Guerrilla Gardening I had to stick my oar in.
There’s news of a couple of new books are in the pipeline one from Emma Cooper and another from Gayla Trail.
And finally some photos of Lloyds of Kew (as recommended by EmmaT). Sadly the shop doesn't seem to have it's own site.
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Blog Book Reviews
I was sent this link to an interesting piece on blog book reviews by Flange member Alex
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