Welcome to the main page for the Footnotes & Tangents 2026 slow read-along of Alan Garner’s Treacle Walker. This read-along runs for 4 weeks and starts Friday 3 July 2026.
The reading schedule (tba by June 2026)
Weekly updates (published every Friday from 3 July)
Podcast (an audio version of the post)
Further resources (coming soon)
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I remember all your posts raving about this book so I’m naturally intrigued. Simon where you go we follow :)
I just fell down a rabbit hole on the Blackden Trust YouTube page and cannot wait to do this slow read with you Simon!
To anyone who is new to this book, or not getting on with the printed version, the audiobook is incredible and adds so much to the experience of reading.