Posted by on Nov 17, 2010 in "minding my peas and cucumbers", allotment book, book publication, editors, hilary mantel | 2 Comments

Literary hubris, squared It is hubristic to start thinking about your next book when you haven’t heard back from your editor about the first one. It is hubristic to make a pudding to take to your friend’s house when you have a secret agenda of road-testing said pudding for the book that you shouldn’t even […]

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Posted by on Oct 12, 2010 in book publication, Nigel Slater, publishers | 4 Comments

Growing up When I was a teenager I used to walk to school past a bakery that sold hot toast, dripping with golden butter, and it was butter too, none of your silly supposed substitutes. I grew up in a tourist resort and at least a third of my schoolfellows were the children of restaurateurs, […]

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