A Twitch Upon the Thread
Writers on Fishing
Notting Hill Editions (Publisher)
Published on 2. May 2019
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-1-912559-13-8 (ISBN)
Description
The best fishing writing is never really about fishing, or never only about fishing, and the writers collected in A Twitch Upon the Thread use angling as a way to write about love, loss, faith, and obsession.
This is an anthology of fishing writing ranging from medieval times to the present, taking the reader from riverbank to open ocean, from England to New Zealand, from the shore to the depths.
Read it and be hooked. Included are contributions from Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, Ota Pavel, Arthur Ransome, George Orwell, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and dozens more.
This is an anthology of fishing writing ranging from medieval times to the present, taking the reader from riverbank to open ocean, from England to New Zealand, from the shore to the depths.
Read it and be hooked. Included are contributions from Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens, Ota Pavel, Arthur Ransome, George Orwell, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and dozens more.
Reviews / Votes
'This pocket-sized book is perfect for taking with you to read on the riverbank. Jon Day has compiled some of the best fishing writing from the medieval to the present day, and it is presented in a beautiful, cloth-covered volume, enhanced by elegant typesetting.' -- Alexandra Henton * The Field * '[A] lovely little anthology of writing on the idle pleasure of fishing.' * The Idler * 'A wonderful book and a perfect gift for anyone who loves fishing.' -- Jo Good * Radio London *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 121 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
229 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-912559-13-8 (9781912559138)
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Person
Jon Day is a writer, academic, and angler. He is a lecturer in English Literature at King's College London, and his essays and reviews have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Review of Books, Times Literary Supplement, and many others. He is also a regular book critic for the Financial Times and the Telegraph. His first book, Cyclogeography: Journeys of a London Bicycle Courier, was published by Notting Hill Editions in 2015.