Elin Vatnar Nilsen
My First Baking Book is aimed at any beginner cook who wants to have fun baking. The book’s step-by-step photographs make it easy for children to follow the recipes. Alongside recipes for both sweet and healthy baked goods, there are sections full of information about the equipment you’ll need and simple tips for achieving the best possible results. The book is easy to use, with an uncluttered layout where every recipe is presented in detail with clear instructions. As well as photos, the book contains lovely, evocative illustrations.

Martine Sletmoen
Skillebekk Sourdough is a delightful and inspiring book about how to successfully make the most delicious sourdough baked goods in a simpler way.It contains recipes for traditional bread, bread for special occasions, rolls, no-knead bread, pizza, cakes and snacks – all made from sourdough.The book demonstrates simple sourdough techniques, offering a wide variety in what you can bake. In addition the book offers you ideas about how to make individual and personalised bread with unique decorations. Step-by-step instructions show you how to make the most fantastic patterns on your baked goods. Why not take along a loaf instead of flowers or wine next time you’re invited to dinner by friends? Martine Sletmoen (31) lives in Skillebekk in Oslo, where she shares sourdough baking tips and tricks through her Instagram account @skillebekksurdeig. Through social media, she has garnered massive interest from followers nationwide in Norway and receives daily messages from people who have tried to get started with sourdough but never had any success until they followed her simple guidance. Martine also has her own series on the Food Channel, Surdeigskolen (Sourdough School), whose first episode racked up 125,000 unique viewers in the first week alone.