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Books on Saturday Morning, December 2011

This page lists books by writers interviewed on the programme by Kim Hill, or books discussed by Kim and a guest. Books usually have a 2011 or 2010 publication date, except where noted. The most recent programme is at the top.

17 December

Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia
by Luke Harding
(Guardian Books, ISBN: 9780852652473)

10 December

Ghosts in the Landscape
by Grant Sheehan (
(Phantom House, ISBN: 978-0-9864571-4-2)

Odd Bits: How to Cook the Rest of the Animal
by Jennifer McLagan
(Jacqui Small, ISBN: 978-1-906417-61-1)
NB. Her 2008 book, Fat: an Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, won the James Beard Cookbook of the Year

Children's Books with Kate De Goldi:

Monacello the Little Monk
by Geraldine McCaughrean, illustrated by Jana Diemberger
(Phoenix Yard Books, ISBN: 978-1-907912-03-0)

The Christmas Eve Ghost
by Shirley Hughes
(Walker Books, ISBN: 978-1-4063-2063-3)

Pretty Monsters
by Kelly Link
(Text, ISBN: 978-1-921656-36-1)

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