Dizzy with Hanff

At the end of last week (just a few days ago now) something in my readings and research for my projects led me to pull out my first edition copy of Arthur Quiller-Couch: a biographical study of Q by F. Brittain (Cambridge at the University Press, 1947). I have no memory of when and where…

I promised myself a library…

When I turned 10, my parents gave me this book– Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales illustrated by Jiří Trnka (published by Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, ©1959, 1972).  My father had purchased it at the Vancouver Airport.  I remember so clearly being woken up, with breakfast on a tray and receiving the book.  The $4.95 in pencil…