Tag: Physical books
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Sensory Joys in Reading

In this post, I discuss “sensory joys” I experience in reading and how publishing decisions can enhance or hamper these experiences.
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Defending the Love of Reading

World Book Day happened last week and I was pleased to see so many children getting involved in dressing as their favourite characters. World Book Day is a great day to champion quite how magical reading a good story can be and the levels of participation seen across the country. Last week also saw the…
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Book Thoughts: Abandoning eInk for Real Ink
In 2011 I got my first and so far only Kindle – a grey Kindle 4 – and it revolutionised how I read. And now it sits begotten and forlorn on my shelf in its battered folio case, surrounded by paperbacks. Honestly even thinking about this makes me realise how irrational this is. But front…