Josephine Bacon

Also writes as Suad Amari

Author of books for adults

Available for:
Interview
Talk
Workshop
After dinner speaking
Commission

Website: http://www.josephinebacon.com

Contact: bacon

langservice.com
or telephone 0207278 9490

Awards:
2008 World Gourmand Prize for Research "Exotic Fruits and Vegetables"
2009 World Gourmand Prize for best translation, "A Sprig of Dill"

Audiences:
Adults, 5-7 (Key stage 1), 8-11 (Key stage 2), 5-11 (Key stages 1 and 2), 11-13 (Key stage 3), 14-16 (Key stage 4), 11-16 (Key stages 3 and 4), 6th Form and college

Details

As a professional translator and interpreter for 45 years, I have many amusing stories to tell about translation and interpreting and the so-called language barrier, including the language barrier between the United States and United Kingdom. I also give talks on two subjects on which I have published articles and books, the Middle East (Israel and Palestine) and food and cookery, especially how the British diet has
changed since before World War II and why. I also enjoy speaking on my great passion, fungi. I have just had my first book on the subject published.

Books
I write about cookery, Judaism, and mushrooms and toadstools. I have written 15 books, one of which has won a prize. I am also a translator.

	Mushrooms & Other Fungi of Britain and Northern Europe (isbn:978-1-906780-16-6) Descriptions and photographs of over 200 species View in Amazon
	Jewish Cooking from Around the World (isbn:0-831-751975) Recipes from 40 countries View in Amazon
	Exotic Fruits and Vegetables A-Z (isbn:1-84375-038-4) Winner of Gourmand Prize, 2008 View in Amazon
	Historical Atlas of Judaism (isbn:0=788-824847) 4000 years of Jewish History View in Amazon
	Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization (isbn:1-856-057887) 4,000 years of Jewish history View in Amazon
	A Sprig of Dill (isbn:0-955-462703) by Sanda Nitescu. Translation of a memoir of Romania with recipes View in Amazon

Organisations:
Institute of Translation and Interpreting, American Translators Association, Soc. of Authors, National Union of Journalists, Equity, Editorial Freelance Alliance (USA, British Mycological Soc.

Other search criteria:

Genres:
History and Biography, Home and Garden, Science and Technology

Book Type:
Non fiction for adults, Educational books

Keywords:
Judaism, fungi, mushrooms and toadstools, history of food, recipes, cookery, Middle Eastern cooking, exotic fruits and vegetables, temperance, he Temperance Movement