From Walden Pond to the Forest of Arden, writers have long had a tendency to get lost in the woods. This October, we head into the woods, focussing on the place of forests in literature, speaking to a Peter Harrington collector about building a fairy tale library, and recommending some of our favourite arboreal material from our shelves.
An Interview With Collector Stacy Shirk
As part of our Into the Woods feature this autumn, we spoke to American book collector Stacy Shirk, whose award-winning collection of fairy tales and fables opens a gateway into the world of myth...
Into the Woods: A curated selection
From Hardy's Greenwood to the first western publication on forest conservation, we get lost in the tangled undergrowth of our shelves, choosing first and fine editions of some of our favourite...
Five Forests in Literature
A source of both knowledge and mystery, the forest is a terrain of possibility. The Scottish-American naturalist, and father of the American Nationals Parks, John Muir said: “The clearest way into...
Leonora Lang’s Rainbow Fairy Books
“In English none probably rival either the popularity, or the inclusiveness, or the general merits of the twelve books of twelve colours which we owe to Andrew Lang and to his wife.” — J. R. R....
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