Book giveaway

Thanks to Annie’s Books on Peregian, we have a copy of KNEAD PEACE: RECIPES FROM THE WORLD’S BEST BAKERS IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE to give away. For your chance to win this prize, head to saltmagazine.com.au and click on the ‘win’ tab to enter.

GRAJAGAN: SURFING IN THE TIGER’S LAIR – G-LAND 1972-84

Mike Ritter & Jack McCoy | Cyclops Press | $55

“Grajagan tells the authentic story of the discovery of a surfing paradise by those who were there.”

Authors Mike Ritter and Jack McCoy, along with publisher John Ogden, first ventured to Indonesia in the 1970s. Kuta was still a small, sleepy village, and tourism was yet to arrive and impact this tiny piece of paradise. They discovered Grajagan in East Java in the 1980s; a narrow strip of sand that separated wild jungle from surfers’ heaven. It was an awe-inspiring place. Surfing Indo has thrived, and has become increasingly commercial and homogenised as the years have passed, but Grajagan has remained one of the crown jewels of surfing. The book has been published in a fabulous vintage style and is full of photographs, facts and interviews; perfect for any lovers of surfing.

Jack McCoy says, “To this day if I have trouble sleeping, I close my eyes, breathe deeply, and dream myself to Grajagan ”

KNEAD PEACE: RECIPES FROM THE WORLD’S BEST BAKERS IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINE

Foreword by Anna Makievska from The Bakehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine | Hachette | $55

Anna Makievska opened The Bakehouse in Kyiv in October 2021, during the first days of the war between the Ukraine and Russia. The bakery was much too near to the explosions and attacks, and Anna had to close the doors of the business just a few months after opening, and relocate to the basement. Right from day three of the war, Anna’s team have baked bread day and night, and given it free of charge to hospitals, soldiers, the elderly and people impacted by the war with Russia; they bake and distribute anything between 400 and 1,000 loves every single day. Just imagine trying to source ingredients, find workers and run a business in a war zone? It doesn’t bear thinking about! Sixty-five bakers from around the globe have contributed recipes to this book, which is the initiative of Andrew Green from Knead Peace. He says: “Knead Peace was born from the idea that baking is a community that has the power to make a difference from the war, hatred, violence and knife and gun crimes that have caused so much pain in today’s world”. A great cause – and a wonderful and varied collection of baking recipes.

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