Meanwhile, over at the It’s a Book Thing blog, they are giving away a copy of each of my books: So be sure to swing by if you like free stuff. Or if you like books.Or if you like books that are free. And stuff. Have a nice weekend.x
Category: This way up
O o o I love you O Mag
The wonderful, clever, talented peeps over at O Magazine gave my new book, This Way Up, a lovely punt in this month’s issue: I just flipped through it and came across a couple of articles I’ve earmarked to go back and read properly later. There’s a piece on being fearless public speaker on page 60,…
Just finished:
I just finished this book: It’s the sweetest book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Basic premise: An eight year old girl discovers that she can taste the mood of the chef in whatever she eats. It’s charming, and whimsical and a little on the odd side. I guess some would call this genre ‘magic realism’,…
Crush Magazine
Have you seen Crush Magazine? It’s a very cool free online foodie, drinkie, lifestylie magazine. you can download it here, free, gratis, mahala! And I wouldn’t lie to you, it’s flippen gorgeous. Lots of recipes and yummy things. In an issue a couple of weeks ago they gave my new novel, This Way Up, this…
Holla!
So I’ve recently had some really lekker book reviews and things in all sorts of magazines and newspapers for my new novel, This Way Up, which launched in May. So I thought I’d share a few over the next week or so. This one’s from fabulous Cleo Magazine. Click to enlarge if you’d like…
Winna, winna!
Okay, so I waited all day yesterday for Price Waterhouse Coopers to arrive with their briefcase and giant calculator to help me decide who should win, but maybe they got held up in the rain. So all on my own I read through all the entries in line to win this: and this: But there…
Free stuff!
It’s been ages since we (and by we, I guess I mean me) did a giveaway here at A Million Miles from Normal. And yesterday I got given a wonderful gift pack from Douwe Egberts, a company who has been making superior coffees for over 250 years. Sheesh, that’s a long time. They must be…
It's a win, win situation.
If you like pretty things, and macarons, and funny things, and cute things, and fashion, and cape town, and winning my book, then you’ll love this blog: There’s a 99.999% chance that you already visit her blog regularly but just in case you haven’t been recently, here are three great reasons, and one semi-good reason…
The Royal Tannenbaums
When my first book, A Million Miles from Normal, launched about a year ago, my good friends, the fabulous Tannenbaums sent me this: Brings new meaning to the term ‘His and Hers’. They’re a very clever couple, the Tannenbaums. You’ve got to love it. Now with the launch of the new book, they sent me…
Bottoms up at the launch of This Way Up
So my new book, This Way Up, was launched at the wonderful Book Lounge in Roeland Street on Tuesday night. If you haven’t been, and you like books, I highly recommend it. (My bank manager would tend to disagree, but don’t listen to him, he’s a complete shoe and book bigot!) So there I was…