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Sources for possible expansion

The following long list of links were added to the "External Links" section by an editor with an apparent COI, @Lynda for Penny:. They may be useful as sources from which to expand the article, but are inappropriate in that EL section (they might be an appropriate list for the "media" section of the subject's own website). See Wikipedia:External links for guidance on what belongs in that section.

Baking Blind You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@opensighthampshire

Open Sight Hampshire videos: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/blind-baker-penny-melville-brown-receives-news-year-honour-3968599

Portsmouth News, New Year’s Honours – 30.12.2022. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/blind-baker-penny-melville-brown-receives-news-year-honour-3968599

Uplifting Voices, Stories, ‘Encouraging Voices’ interview (date unknown). https://www.upliftingvoices.org/Interviewshow.aspx?name=Penny%20Melville-Brown&id=135&totalrec=8&Alpha=P

ARNO, October 2022 talk – 20.10.2022. https://www.arno.org.uk/october-talk-penny-melville-brown/

Radio Solent interview – 22.01.2023. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dxcc13

Disability Talk interview – 10.01.2023. https://disabilitytalk.co.uk/2023/01/10/pennys-new-year-resolution-quick-easy-food/

The Gosport & Fareham Globe, article following Stokes Bay WI talk – 28.11.2022. https://www.thegosportglobe.co.uk/blindness-no-obstacle-for-veteran-baker-penny/

Blind Veterans article – 22.04.2022. https://www.blindveterans.org.uk/news/blind-veteran-celebrates-world-cooking-tour-in-new-book/

Vision Australia interview – 01.07.2022. https://omny.fm/shows/interview-highlights/baking-blind-goes-global-penny-melville-brown

Forces.net article – 05.05.2022. https://www.forces.net/military-life/veterans/baking-blind-astonishing-life-blind-veteran-turned-globe-trotting-chef

Forces.net article and interview – 09/05/22. https://www.forces.net/mental-health/blind-veteran-who-flourishes-face-adversity

RNIB Connect interview – 21.03.2022. https://audioboom.com/posts/8052225-activating-enterprise-episode-9-penny-melville-brown

Eyeway Conversations (India) - 29.11.2021. https://anchor.fm/eyeway/episodes/Eyeway-Conversations-with-Penny-Melville-Brown-e1avb82

Enabled Cooking article (Australia) – 01.05.2022. https://www.enabledcooking.com/a-cooks-tour-baking-blind-goes-global/

The Not Forgotten article – https://thenotforgotten.org/community-hub/

Application for funding of Catisfield Memorial Hall roof - https://moderngov.fareham.gov.uk/documents/s1628/xpsf-130304-ir04-nba.pdf

Daily Echo article – 17.05.2021. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19306976.blind-navy-veteran-fareham-host-virtual-baking-sessions/

Holman Prize (USA) - https://holman.lighthouse-sf.org/penny-melville-brown/

Book review – Nov 2020. https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/195%3A-Val-Wood-Amanda-Robson-and-Penny-Melville-Brown/Uuq,g,oUSMU_

https://www.deezer.com/fr/episode/376324137

https://radiopublic.com/read-on-the-audiobook-show-from-Gmpgvw/s1!80136

Vision Aware blog – 21.12.2021. https://visionaware.org/blog/visionaware-blog/baking-blind-christmas-booklet/

Rotary – 19.04.2022. https://www.rotarygbi.org/baking-blind-with-rotary-in-china/

Able magazine article. https://ablemagazine.co.uk/blind-baker-challenges-public-attitudes/

Southampton Sight – 12.09.2018. http://southamptonsight.org.uk/kates-blog/baking-blind-with-penny-melville-brown/

Civvy Street - https://civvystreetmagazine.co.uk/2019/04/veteran-is-more-than-just-a-blind-baker/

Maribel Steel - https://maribelsteel.com/cooking-blind-cooks-in-the-kitchen/

Braillist event - https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=f8b3c5f851151c8180717ff70&id=e641820fbb

Medium.com, Toby’s travels with aunt - https://medium.com/@tobymelvillebrown

Confederation of service charities - https://www.cobseo.org.uk/news/topics/royal-navy/page/62/

Catisfield Village Association - http://www.catisfield.com/CVA/cvanewsletters.htm

American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults - https://nfb.org/sites/default/files/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr36/3/fr360314.htm

Mercury article (Australia) - 02.11.2017 . https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5029906/blind-baker-on-world-tour-and-learns-from-the-cwa-in-in-kiama/

Washington Post – 29.06.2017. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/06/29/blindness-does-not-stop-this-beekeeper-this-baker-and-this-kayaker-from-expanding-their-vision/

Disability News Service – 23.06.2009. https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/honours-for-campaigners-and-paralympic-stars/

E-Access Bulletin - http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?cat=233

Denver Post – 01.07.2017. https://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/01/holman-prize-winners-for-visually-impaired-with-ambitious-projects/

Cool Blind Tech - https://coolblindtech.com/this-is-your-chance-to-win-a-25000-prize/

Telegram & Gazette (USA) - https://eu.telegram.com/story/lifestyle/2017/07/01/blindness-does-not-stop-beekeeper-baker-and-kayaker-from-expanding-their-vision/20391224007/

San Francisco Chronicle – 28.09.2017. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-group-s-awards-allow-blind-baker-beekeeper-12224147.php

HMRC Board - https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DWf_1xJVkPcC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=penny+melville-brown&source=bl&ots=QMteG5OumR&sig=ACfU3U18HJ6hcmKhr84U2HBQawdjiWLLKw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhx8j7zrr9AhWRZMAKHfUQC6I4RhDoAXoECBwQAw#v=onepage&q=penny%20melville-brown&f=false

Forces.net article – 29/04/2019. https://www.forces.net/military-life/veterans/british-ex-forces-business-penny-melville-brown

Portsmouth News article – 05/07/18. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/health/blind-baker-penny-back-kitchen-1016556

Radio 4 In Touch interview – 11/07/17. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08x4rj7

RNIB conversations – 17/05.17. https://audioboom.com/posts/5927799-penny-is-baking-blind

Disability Employment Australia – 09/11/17. https://disabilityemployment.org.au/news/item/3562/

Newz Hook – 02/03/22. https://newzhook.com/story/blind-low-vision-cooking-youtube-christine-ha-baking-blind-accessibility/

The Guam Daily Post – 01/07/17. https://www.postguam.com/entertainment/lifestyle/blindness-does-not-stop-this-beekeeper-baker-and-kayaker-from-expanding-their-vision/article_4b92509c-5d67-11e7-bc2f-db636cee5296.html

PamD 14:16, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Books

Her 2022 book is described as her 2nd cookery book but I can find no evidence anywhere of an earlier book.

I struggled to find confirmation of this 2022 book, as it is not in the British Library catalogue and an ISBN search doesn't find it in Google Books, but I found it on Amazon, reassuringly, as evidence that it does exist. Did the author send copies to the BL and the other copyright libraries, I wonder?

It looks a pretty amazing book! Were there any published reviews of it? PamD 14:45, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]