by Anarchist Review of Books
Yes, the literal Anarchist Review of Books did a feature on The Sad Bastard Cookbook. I’m not screaming with excitement, you’re screaming with excitement. We’re both screaming.
We’re in Issue 6 (not yet available online but keep checking here!) or read the interview/review below.
Dawn Vogel from History that Never Was interviews Zilla Novikov on her blog.
DV: Tell me a little about yourself and your writing.
ZN: I’m Zilla Novikov (she/her), a depressed millennial who is very tired of late-stage capitalism. Turns out, that’s an endless font of story ideas. People tell me I’m funny, or at least, that my writing is funny. My goal is for the reader to laugh through the tears.
Want to read the rest? Check it out here.
| Gideon the Ninth as a math textbook was suggested by Chey. Have a funny idea for a Wrong Genre Cover? Email us at nightbeatseu@gmail.com, and if Rachel likes your suggestion, she’ll make it in a future issue. Or @ us on basically any of the socials. |
by Lindsay Hobbs, Editor Extraordinaire
I don’t feel like it’s going out on a limb to say that you won’t have read a cookbook like this one before. It’s an instruction manual for feeding yourself when you are not up to much. I know that I’ve had plenty of these days in the past year (or ten). For anyone else who sometimes feels that the energy it takes to meal prep, grocery shop, and make a meal is just too much, The Sad Bastard Cookbook is here for you. Not only is it there for you in a practical sense, with meals and snacks that are manageable even when nothing else is, but it is there for you emotionally too, by reminding you that you are not alone, and that even in your darkest days, you deserve to eat.
Read Lindsay’s full review here.
Want to support a fantastic micro-publisher and book store, Beyond Cataclysm, and support Night Beats at the same time? Now you can!
Beyond Cataclysm is a micro-publisher and book store. They sell awesome things made by lovely people, and make podcasts about writing and games with lots of interesting guests. You may remember the episode of their This Book I Read podcast featuring Rachel A. Rosen, or you might know and love their What is Roleplay? podcast. Their work combines charitable giving and environmental stewardship in their projects, and lovely people in their authorship.
They are now stocking copies of The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food You Can Make So You Don’t Die, Query, and Cascade in their online bookstore! Or look for copies when you see them at conventions.
Happy reading!
Rachel Corsini, author of the amazing rom-com Sushi and Sea Lions, cooks Vinny’s Financial Loss Pasta from The Sad Bastard Cookbook. Watch the magic happen on her Instagram!
Get your free e-book PDF of The Sad Bastard Cookbook here. Plus, you can get the book the original Vinny appears in, Sushi and Sea Lions, here!
| People keep asking us for new versions of The Sad Bastard Cookbook. Do a low-carb one! Do one for kids! Do one that has meat in it. Nah. We did one for cats. Email us at nightbeatseu@gmail.com, and if Rachel likes your suggestion, she’ll make it in a future issue. |
Rachel Corsini, author of the amazing rom-com Sushi and Sea Lions, cooks Kind Like Pad Thai from The Sad Bastard Cookbook. Watch the magic happen on her Instagram!
Get your free e-book PDF of The Sad Bastard Cookbook here.
Tucker Lieberman, author of the mind-bending Most Famous Short Film of All Time, cooks Lentils In A Pot from The Sad Bastard Cookbook. Watch the magic happen on his Youtube!
Get your free e-book PDF of The Sad Bastard Cookbook here.
If you like great podcasts to find new books, check out This Book I Read… a podcast from Beyond Cataclysm. Each episode explores the ups and downs of a particular book or author’s work, highlighting the great bits, and critiquing the bad stuff. Get inside the minds of other writers and the works that inspire them!
Our very own Rachel A Rosen is on to talk about Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson.
Topics covered include:
Post-apocalyptic Toronto & Ontario.
‘White Flight’, inner city decline, ‘Donut cities’ and gentrification.
The Afro-Caribbean diaspora, The Jab Jab & Roti Shops.
The challenges of predicting the future back in the 1990s.
Night Beats Extended Universe 