Simon Spanton

It's Gay Galsworthy. Her line work's immaculate.

A photo of a copy of the 1966 Puffin edition of Hero Tales from the British Isles by Barbara Leonie Picard. The cover art is by Gay Galsworthy.

"'And that flock of birds,' said Maeve, 'coming towards us. What is that, Fergus?'
'Those are no birds. Those are the sods of earth flung up by the hooves of the horses, so swiftly they come against us.'"

David Cronenberg launches sportswear range.

LOL

I have an appalling feeling that if it was published now it would probably come with a scratch'n'sniff special edition.

Eww

Truth.

Naah, he's definitely a lot of an idiot.

Jesus wept.

A photo of copies of the Penguin paperbacks of The Passion by Jeanette Winterson and Perfume by Patrick Suskind.

How many copies did we sell of these two books from one small central London bookshop between 1988 and 1990? I lost count, but it was literally hundreds. They FLEW.

We are going to see David Byrne tomorrow. One of my heroes. Never seen him live. The reviews for the tour have been amazing. I have the EXCITEMENT.

In 2013 archaeologists uncovered the skeleton of a large dog at Leiston Abbey- locals claimed it as the remains of Black Shuck. However, scientific analysis indicated the skeleton belonged to an elderly male farm dog from the 18th century, carefully buried rather than feared… 🐾
#PhantomsFriday

Cor!

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OOOFFFT!!

It was perfect. The sitting room, the sitting room...

Gogmagog (and Ludluda - one story in two books) by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard. A delirious fever-dream of a weird fantasy. An 87 year-old, foul-mouthed woman takes a journey down a river haunted by the sixty-mile-long ghost of a dragon to a city with living entrails.

A photo of the CD case of Songs For Drella by Lou Reed and John Cale.

Listening to this for the first time ever.

And I speak as someone who likes Lou Reed very much.

a bald man with a beard is saying i 'll get my coat . ALT: a bald man with a beard is saying i 'll get my coat .

Pass the deutschii on the left hand side.

Take me down to waffle city
Where the cars are bread
And the buildings toffee.

A photo of a copy of the 1975 Unwin edition of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. The cover art, a sketch of Smaug over Laketown (with accompanying note that is a MASSIVE SPOILER) is by the author.

For World Book Day. The book that started it all for me; that introduced me to the fantasy genre, which love led me into a career in publishing.

Bought for me by my brother when I was ten and still with me half a century later.

LOL

With added bonus of not having Billy Connolly on a war goat or Legolas running up falling stones.

MacKenzie Crook's The Hobbit.

A photo of a copy of the 1979 Picador edition of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. The cover art is by Candy Amsden.

"She may fall back on superstition, or take up a useful hobby like embroidery, or go mad, or marry a disc jockey. If the tower is everywhere and the knight of deliverance is no proof against its magic, what else?"

Is not baling twine as a belt de rigeur for gardening trousers?

i keep reiterating but: one of my favourite reads of last year! you should run to request this one

They've started fencing off the cricket square in the park.

Summer is icumen in.

100%

Whatever that genre is, I guess Jan Morris' Hav is in it?