'If you won't dream,' said Joe, 'I can't be. Ever. At all. But if you dream, I can. Happen we'll meet. Happen we'll not. But we'll remember. "Cut my throat and hope to die." We'll not forget.' 'That's the skewer,' said Thin Amren. 'The skewer. So it is. The stab. Yet Whirligig has wisdom on him. He has the wisdom. He has it. Whirligig. Well, well. What larks. But will he be giving a body a drink? For I'm thirsty dry.'
Last Week | Reading Schedule | Further Resources
Welcome to Week 3 of a slow read of Treacle Walker by Alan Garner. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is Footnotes & Tangents, a book group where we take our time to live inside great stories.
Each week, I offer you my footnotes and tangents. You will have your own, and I encourage everyone to treat the slow read as an opportunity to explore, reflect and create. You can join the discussion in the comments to let us know what caught your eye or ask the group any questions you may have. And if you’ve tumbled down a rabbit hole or taken your reading off on a tangent, please share where you have been and what you have found.
This week, we will finish Treacle Walker and read chapters XIII–XVIII. On my website, there is a reading schedule and a page of further resources.
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