You'd ask why I have been buying more #marcussedgwick books when the first one didn't impress me. To that I say, would you look at this cover?
Syn: Watched over by #saintdeath two teens gamble everything for a better #future
#midureads #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #books #reading #yellowandblack

New issue of Vala, the #Blake Society's journal is online here: https://blakesociety.org/vala-3/

It's bittersweet. Julian Sedgwick's piece is lovely, but made me miss #MarcusSedgwick all over again.

William Blake Journal | VALA | The Blake Society

The Blake Society offer a free digital William Blake journal; VALA. VALA includes articles that showcase art and artists influenced by Blake.

The Blake Society
@LittleTollerBooks honestly heartbroken. Been a huge fan for years and years. He was lovely in person, via DM. His writing transported me to places entirely. Will be thinking of his family and friends. #marcussedgwick #ripmarcus

I am devastated at hearing the news of #MarcusSedgwick. I didn't know him well (my partner was his classmate in Swedish evening classes), but always found him wonderful, stimulating and delightful company.

He was an enthusiastic contributor to my doctoral fieldwork research, and was fascinated by #folklore. He was rapt throughout Ronald Hutton's Katharine Briggs lecture for the Folklore Society, although he rather wanted mediaeval peasants to be more pagan than Hutton concluded they actually were, and we had a lovely discussion of it over dinner afterwards.

Oh, this is dreadful.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/nov/17/marcus-sedgwick-celebrated-childrens-author-dies-aged-54

Marcus Sedgwick, celebrated children’s author, dies aged 54

Tributes have flooded in for the much-loved writer, who wrote more than 40 books for children and adults including the recent Be the Change handbooks

The Guardian

We are absolutely devastated to hear of Marcus Sedgwick’s unexpected death. Working with Marcus on his perfectly formed monograph Snow was a glorious experience; he was kind, humble, gifted, passionate, funny. Our love to his friends and family at this hugely difficult time.

#RIP #marcussedgwick