Our thanks go to all the worthy candidates for Book of the Year that we have read this year, but the main award can only go to one author, and for 2013 that is John Barclay.
CRICKET BOOKS
Next week we announce our Book of the Year for 2013, but in the meantime England fans might want to try and track down a copy of this record of a successful tour to Australia
Something rather special this week from Wisden’s publisher Bloomsbury, and from Archie’s review it would seem to be a more than worthwhile purchase.
This week we welcome back Rodney Ulyate, although unfortunately it would seem he was less than impressed with this unusual book of cricket fiction.
Once again it is time for Martin’s twice yearly look at forthcoming titles and, via the accompanying image, a reminder about a book any spare Christmas cash should be spent on
We were concerned that this book might be all doom and gloom, but in truth it is more in the nature of a constructive warning, and something worth pondering over the long Christmas break
Even if it is by far the oldest in the field, Wisden is certainly not the only cricket annual on the market, and this week Archie has been reading another offering from the Almanack’s publisher
As Australia start to wrest the Ashes back David looks at a book that will make more pleasant reading for England supporters than this morning’s newspapers
Year in year out Wisden is the best cricket book around, so it is hardly surprising that a compilation of the Almanack’s highlights is a five star book
Our thanks to the perceptive and eloquent Sean Riley for volunteering to review this week’s book, and for so clearly understanding what we set out to achieve