An exclusive excerpt from Alan Garner's Powsels and Thrums

Powsels and Thrums was published by 4th Estate in October 2024

I suggest you read this extract from Alan Garner’s magnificent new collection of pieces with a pencil in hand; you will want to take notes. This essay, one of the many wonders in a book published in the author’s 90th year, conveys a sense of how an artist might cultivate the open space required for true creativity to blossom. Garner’s family, going back…