Wednesday, February 09, 2011

The importance of books - a collector takes us inside his library

Below is a link to a rather lovely languid piece by Duncan Fallowell, novelist, travel writer and cultural commentator, where he meditates on the importance of books....

This was brought to my attention by Hawkes Bay-based author and film-maker Peter Wells who comments that "it does take ten minutes but if your readers have the time, it is well worth it..."

A taste of London for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjl11bWVJhw&feature=related

2 comments:

Renee said...

What an interesting and thoughtful tour - and how I'd love to have the space to be able to accommodate all my books instead of having them stored in various places all over town ...

Poetry of the Day said...

such a great tour to go on.

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