Open Door

JW …she has been on my mind and her words clanging around my dome since Tuesday night – pinnacle of all things stimulating. She talked of books being a place you can step into – a place you can feel

Brain Food

Tonight I went to hear Jeanette Winterson reading extracts from her book ‘Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?’ at the Bristol Festival of Ideas with a lovely friend who has a more balanced view of Winterson’s writing than

Free Gree

The second free book is called The Story of a Spacerocket. Again – a great find.This book explains how rockets work and has a nice double page spread visually explaining which parts of the rocket fall off when, and which

Free McKee

On a recent trip to London I found myself in what used to be the glorious Spitalfields market feeling a little sad about the tat around me when I noticed an untended stall with the sign “Free Books – Help