- Mary Jane Paterson and Jo Thompson
Updates
Rose tinted and loving it.....
Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Seeing life through rose tinted glasses....If you haven't seen our cover here it is! We love the pink and green colours - it was our favourite design and we think it is perfect for our book. We hope you like it too!
It's now available to pre-order at Foyle's and is on the Amazon and Waterstone's website for publication in April 2020. Please follow us on instagram on rhubarbrhubarb_
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Rhubarb Rhubarb is coming soon....
Wednesday, 2 October 2019
We are very excited today as we received our cover copy and page design samples yesterday. They are quirky but elegant and pretty too so the book is looking exactly how we imagined it. Publication is set for spring 2020 so thank you for your support and patience. We will be fulfilling some of the pledges soon too so we will be in touch. I am oarticularly looking forward to the authors lunch - surprise…
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Coming up smelling of Roses
Thursday, 10 January 2019
The start of the New Year and I'm definitely starting afresh. We've ripped out every last plant of our two borders and Jo T has picked out 68 roses to go in this Saturday. I never thought I'd say this but gardening is quite exciting! On the cooking front I've been obsessed with beetroot soup- making it with a couple of parsnips with lemon juice to add a zing and a swirl of creme fraiche and toasted…
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Rhubarb Rhubarb at Cheltenham Literary Festival
Sunday, 14 October 2018

Well, we had a complete blast at #cheltlitfest https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literaturelast week. It was a huge honour to be invited to share the stage with Caroline Donald, Gardens Editor of The Sunday Timeshttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/?sunday . We chatted about roses, tricky garden spaces , more roses and tricky projects over a delicious tea. There was a last-minute drop-out - lovely Peter…
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Bank Holiday Cooking
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Thanks so much to all those who have pledged for our book this bank holiday. I've been doing some summer Asian cooking.I made Summer Rolls with a Peanut Dipping Sauce, Som Tam Salad and Chicken Panaeng Curry. All very yummy though I say so myself and a nice change on bank holiday Saturday. My garden is looking a bit tired and forlorn...time to call Jo for some inspiration! Looking forward to some…
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Rhubarb Rhubarb - the merry month of May
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Just a quick update on our progress. Jo has won a gold at Chelsea today for her Wedgewood garden so if you are going to Chelsea this week don't forget to visit her beautiful garden. We are one third of the way to funding our book so please tell your friends to pledge for our book if they haven't already - we need support to reach our target. May is such an amazing time of year - everything is looking…
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