Monthly Archives: June 2018

Saga Land – Richard Fidler and Kari Gislason

2018-06-04T16:51:39+10:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , |

Kate's review
I loved Richard Fidler’s earlier book, Ghost Empire, about his journey to Constantinople with his son, which entwined travel-writing with history and legend in a very personable and beguiling way. I’ve also been interested in Iceland and its astonishing sagas for quite some time. So I was keen to read Saga Land from the second I heard about it.

Fannie Flagg’s fried green tomatoes

2018-06-04T16:56:52+10:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Iconic literary food moments
Fannie Flagg's Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe contains some of the most jaw-dropping moments in literary food history. The most iconic of these is when the 'good guys' serve up the ribs of Ruth Jamison’s abusive husband Frank Bennett to the detective investigating his disappearance - definitely the piece de resistance.