The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book
$39.34
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
10 September 2020
Summary
An official, brain-busting puzzle book for Shipping Forecast fans.
This book is a mixture of wordplay, lateral thinking, and seaside knowledge, from Viking to Southeast Iceland.
Attention all Shipping Forecast fans. Set sail on a voyage unlike any other.
Each day, millions tune in to hear the Shipping Forecast’s unique cadence and poetry, words that turn our island landscape into something strange and magical. It’s almost like a puzzle to be solved.
The Shippin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785945106 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785945106 |
| Author: | Alan Connor |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | BBC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 384g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 140mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
‘Alan Connor embraces all the idiosyncratic history of the Shipping Forecast and impishly crafts a cryptic voyage of the mind’
‘Alan Connor embraces all the idiosyncratic history of the Shipping Forecast and impishly crafts a cryptic voyage of the mind’ * Zeb Soanes, the voice of the Shipping Forecast, from his foreword *
About The Author
Alan Connor
Alan Connor is a journalist, writer, presenter and puzzle and quiz master. Currently the question setter for Richard Osman’s House of Games, he’s the former question setter for Only Connect, and sets crosswords for the Guardian and the Observer. His TV writing credits include A Young Doctor’s Notebook, Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe and the BBC film The Rack Pack, and he is the author of several books, including Two Girls, One on Each Knee- A History of Cryptic Crossword and The Joy of Quiz. The go-to person for all things puzzle and quiz, his grandfather worked for the Met Office, which helped spark his life-long love of the Shipping Forecast.
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