Boeken Columnist

Notes From a Sceptical Gardener

What is the best way to kill weeds in paving? How scared should we really be of Japanese knotweed? And what is a weed anyway? Biologist Ken Thompson set out to write a different kind of gardening column, one that tackles what he calls 'the grit in the gardening oyster'. In this new collection he …

Sharpshooter

Published in co-operation with Shooting Times, this is a collection of the best writing by their most popular columnist Alasdair Mitchell, who is featured each week in his 'Sharpshooter' column. Covering all aspects of the countryside from field sports to conservation, nature and wildlife this book will appeal to everyone with an interest in rural …

What I Wish I Said

Just as they do on those television cooking contests when the bell rings and the contestants’ hands go up, at four o’clock on Friday afternoon, the column is filed—ready or not—to the columnist’s horror, discomfort, or self-satisfaction. Regardless, one exigent and unrelenting thought remains: what you wish you’d said. Such is the life of a …

In lockdown met de kat

Paperback uitvoering, 2e druk, met extra verhalen. Haar hele leven vertelt ze al verhalen en vanaf haar 66e is ze gaan schrijven. En hoe! Belevenissen, herinneringen, fantasieën. Het kon niet op. De coronacrisis in 2020 gaf haar nieuwe inspiratie. Dit mondde uit in een flink aantal, veelgelezen en gewaardeerde columns in de Harderwijker Courant. Op …

Helen Kelley's Joy Of Quilting

For 20 years, Helen Kelley has parlayed her passion for all things quilted into her enormously popular "Loose Threads" column in "Quilter's Newsletter" magazine. This second collection of her stories discusses the joys of creativity, the challenges of repairing errant stitches, and the pleasures of friendships.

Confessions- Confessions of a Virgin Sex Columnist!

From There to Here

From Willingdon to Lyttelton, a memoir about love, learning and the journey to thirty Joe Bennett is the author of countless columns, over twenty books, and now, at long last, a memoir. From There to Here describes a childhood of fishing, cricket, friends, a dog, some mild molestation and a few deaths. There's the long-haired …

The Columnist

It a cocktail party, George H. W. Bush encourages Brandon Sladder, the prominent Washington columnist, to write his memoirs. Sladder has, after all, known just about everyone of importance. He has talked on intimate terms with world leaders, been a witness to enormous change, and expressed weighty opinions on important matters of state. He believes …

I, California

Hilarious. Smart. Bitter. Sweet. Self-deprecating. Stacey Grenrock Woods. Experience with her the stirring joys of receiving a Peter Frampton poster for Hanukkah, sitting for a head-shot photo session as a child actress, waitressing Pan-Asian fusion cuisine, having musicians for boyfriends, humiliating people on The Daily Show, and waiting for prescription drugs. Oh, the waiting. From …

De Revisor 36

Af en toe lijkt het alsof er achter iedere voordeur iemand een boos, verdrietig, gedurfd of hoogstpersoonlijk stukje zit te tikken. Iedereen heeft tegenwoordig een column en die columns worden bovendien massaal gelezen en gedeeld. In De Revisor #36 onderzoeken elf (toekomstige) stercolumnisten de column als literair genre. Hoe ontstijg je het vluchtige meningencircus en …