It's that time of year again. Once again we ask some of this country's leading writers to share with us what they will be taking to read on their hols.
Candice Thrubb:
This year I will be taking with me to Lombardy something very exciting. All About Me (5) is the fifth and latest volume of my autobiography, just hot off the press - so hot that I haven't yet had a chance to peek inside and check that all is as it should be. I will, of course, need to take with me as well the four companion volumes to check for consistency of reference and maybe just for old time's sake. Can't wait.
Lawrence O'Fegarty:
I'm looking forward to having with me in Umbria this year the fully illustrated edition of Unremarkable Objects, Norman Stiblet's monumental study of North Staffordshire drain-covers. I won't be going anywhere without also packing the 1962 edition of Pitkin Pictorial's Guide to Devon. Where would we be without bella Italia!
Antonia Pluke-Anstruther:
Anthony Quirke-Burke has been at it again and I won't be leaving any airport till I've got my hands on his much-acclaimed Plonker.
Benedict Crope:
No trip to Italy would be complete for me without a small book of verse to dip into poolside. My choice this year will be Another Garland by Amanda Crope. And I shall have And, Sigourney Hirschnackel's riveting work on the use of this small conjunction in Western Literature.
Anthony Quirke-Burke:
Can't help it, I'm a creature of habit. So it's back to Puglia once again and taking with me Antonia Pluke-Anstruther's much thumbed Nether Region.
An excellent selection, I'm sure, although I have only read one of the books listed - Hirschnackel's "And" - which rendered my legs completely numb for nigh on two weeks.
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Piers Boomer
I am surprised Daphne Gafney's splendid "Glossop Interlude" was not deemed worthy of mention.
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Daphne Gafney [Mrs. 47]