From The Nightingale and other stories, published by Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1951. Illustration by Garry Mackenzie. Once upon a time there was a periwinkle. He was a tiny snail, with a shell just about as big as a farthing, and he lived among the rocks and the seaweed on the sea-shore. It was Read more about The Sad Periwinkle[…]
Leila Berg is three years old at the start of this compelling auto- biography of a Jewish girl growing up in Salford in the years between the first and second world wars. She is too young to articulate her own reactions and feelings, but she is entirely aware of them, and also those of the Read more about Ruth Fainlight on Flickerbook: introduction to June 2021 edition[…]
Hilary Mantel on Flickerbook (afterword to this edition) (First published in London Review of Books, 23 January 1997) The title of this writer’s autobiography is taken from Easy-to-Make Old-Fashioned Toys. ‘Flip-books, or Flickerbooks … a series of sequential pictures or photographs put on separate pieces of paper, one after the other. When the book was flipped Read more about Hilary Mantel on Flickerbook: afterword to 2021 edition[…]
This piece was originally and generously offered by Michael to be used as a forward for the 2021 re-publication of Leila’s autobiography Flickerbook. Michael wrote it while in recovery from Covid-19. Although welcome, it was felt unsuitable for its original purpose by Leila’s agent and the book’s publisher as it doesn’t refer to Flickerbook specifically. Read more about Michael Rosen on Leila Berg: exclusive![…]
In June 2021, Flickerbook was republished by CB Editions, with a new introduction by Ruth Fainlight, and an afterword by Hilary Mantel. Michael Rosen also made a contribution, however as it did not directly reference Flickerbook, the publisher felt not to include it as the afterword – we are delighted to share it here instead! Read more about Flickerbook: June 2021 edition[…]