The writer's bookshelf: Jessie Childs

Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…

My favourite conversations are almost always about books. I love hearing about what people are reading, what they read when they were young, how their reading tastes have or haven’t changed, and so on. Who doesn’t, on visiting someone’s house, spend a few moments surreptitiously scanning the shelves – looking for familiar faces, points of connection, fr…