Mary Beard

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Trust me!! This great cook book by the wonderful @romygill_ is out today! https://t.co/DjQyHBfcyb (from X)

AS FEATURED ON THE OBSERVER ''20 BEST FOOD BOOKS OF 2019'' ''Veggies like you''ve never seen them before - Romy is a genius'' Jamie Oliver ''Romy cooks with complete heart and joy - her recipes are full of flavour, comfort and story. Everyone who loves vegetables will love this'' Melissa Hemsley _________ Delicious vegan recipes celebrating the zaika or ''flavours'' of Indian cooking that bring a renewed spiced excitement to plant-based food. With a foreword by the Observer Food Monthly''s editor, Allan Jenkins, ZAIKA celebrates the very best of Indian vegan cooking. With over 100 innovative and exciting curries, side dishes and drinks, vegan recipes have never been so inviting. Inspired by her heritage, Romy Gill has expertly written a recipe collection that delivers incredible flavour and is simple to make. These dishes can be made in a hurry for a quick supper or leisurely at the weekend. Most importantly, they are a celebration of great plant-based food and a timely reminder of the benefits of a vegan diet - both for our health and our planet. Fresh and original, this cookbook is a must-have for vegan and non-vegans alike. _________ ''Romy''s supreme skills as a chef are all tied into her generosity of soul. Now she''s spreading the luck in her first book - I can''t wait to cook from it'' Sheila Dillon, BBC Radio 4 ''Romy''s food is bold like her personality! Incredible flavours full of flair and zing. I''m a huge fan of Romy and her pop up are always sell out'' Ching He Huang

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this is a great book! https://t.co/ZarOoEyU6l (from X)

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “A beautiful and deeply moving book.”—Sally Rooney, author of Normal People An engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in their lives and work. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY POPMATTERS “I like this London life . . . the street-sauntering and square-haunting.”—Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925 In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square—a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London—was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who “lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles,” the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five remarkable women intertwined at this one address: modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women’s freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love, and—above all—work independently. With sparkling insight and a novelistic style, Francesca Wade sheds new light on a group of artists and thinkers whose pioneering work would enrich the possibilities of women’s lives for generations to come. Praise for Square Haunting “A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women . . . moving and immersive.”—Edmund Gordon, author of The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography “Elegant, erudite, and absorbing, Square Haunting is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is an author to watch.”—Frances Wilson, author of Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey “Outstanding . . . I’ll be recommending this all year.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café “I much enjoyed Francesca Wade's book. It almost made me wish I belonged to the pioneering generation of women spoiling eggs on the gas ring and breaking taboos.”—Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

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@yassmin_a hope to see you soon! BOOK LOOKS GREAT (from X)

Yassmin's Story book cover

by Yassmin Abdel-Magied·You?

Frank, fearless, funny, articulate, and inspiring, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air—and hope. At 21, Yassmin found herself working on a remote Australian oil and gas rig; she was the only woman and certainly the only Sudanese-Egyptian-Australian background Muslim woman. With her hijab quickly christened a "tea cosy," there could not be a more unlikely place on earth for a young Muslim woman to want to be. This is the story of how she got there, where she is going, and how she wants the world to change. Born in the Sudan, Yassmin and her parents moved to Brisbane when she was two, and she has been tackling barriers ever since. At 16 she founded Youth Without Borders, an organization focused on helping young people to work for positive change in their communities. In 2007 she was named Young Australian Muslim of the Year and in 2010 Young Queenslander of the Year. In 2011 Yassmin graduated with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours) and in 2012 she was named Young Leader of the Year in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac's inaugural 100 Women of Influence Awards, as well as an InStyle cultural leader and a Marie Claire woman of the future. Yassmin has now been awarded Youth of the Year in the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards. Penguin Random House is contributing royalties to Youth Without Borders.