Showing posts with label francis spufford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label francis spufford. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

the child that books built








i felt myself drawn to the open door of a charity shop which usually fails to entice ... i spotted this book immediately and remembered the author's name being favourably reviewed elsewhere in recent years ... it is deeply engaging and occasionally challenging ... what's more ... the bbc have archived the author's reflections on the writing of it in five very short talks totalling about twenty minutes