Tag: Pip Williams

The Bookbinder of Jericho | Pip Williams #AWWhistoricalfiction

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Scraps. That's all I got. Fragments that made no sense without the words before or the words after. The Dictionary of Lost Words was such a huge success for Pip Williams and Affirm Press that I am sure they both approached her next book with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. I had the good … Continue reading The Bookbinder of Jericho | Pip Williams #AWWhistoricalfiction

The Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams #AWWfiction

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  Words are like stories ... They change as they are passed from mouth to mouth; their meanings stretch or truncate to fit what needs to be said. Many years ago, the year 2000 to be precise [I know this because], I read and loved Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness … Continue reading The Dictionary of Lost Words | Pip Williams #AWWfiction