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This month, our selection can teach you a lot about love and the hazards of time travel, how to save hostages from a New York subway train (and no, we’re not talking about Speed), and how to cook as well as Julia Child within a year (or within two hours). Other DVDs we have available will give you a brand new Education, make you sing along with Glee, and probably howl as if it was a New Moon. And if you want more, check out this month’s DVD Recent Picks.
The brr has definitely descended on Wellington, but never fear! Your friendly zine library has two adorable solutions!
We now have both of knit blog megastar Ysolda’s collections of Whimsical Little Knits, chock full of gloves, scarves, hats, and yes, hedgehogs.
Take them out and knit yourself warm again.
The English writer Alan Sillitoe has died aged 82. Born in Nottingham, to a working class family he left school at 14 to work in the Raleigh cycle factory. Four years later he joined the RAF where he became a wireless operator. At 21 he was pensioned off from the RAF as he was ill with tuberculosis, and after this he spent the next seven years in France and Spain. His first novel about a young factory worker was published in 1958, titled Saturday night and Sunday Morning, and this became a best seller. It was produced as a film in 1960, for which he wrote the screenplay. With the success of this novel and film, Alan Sillitoe became known as another of England’s angry young men, joining playwright John Osborne and writer John Braine. He went on to write numerous novels, essays, poetry, plays, translations and some children’s books. He also wrote another three screenplays, the most successful was The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner based on his short story and released in 1962.
His last novel titled A Man of His Time was published in 2005.
Sources: Guardian, Wikipedia
Every month the same thing happens, our cooking selection is so mouth-watering that any tea time would be welcome! Whether you like Japanese informal dining, flavors from Italy, or good Kiwi fare, you won’t be disappointed. You can get ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinner, for all budgets and all tastes. Don’t forget desserts either with a range of books dealing with chocolate, cupcakes and all manners of baking. And if you want more, you can check out this month’s Cooking Recent Picks.
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