
Julia Donaldson’s notebook, The Lowry, Salford
Just think, it could have been known as a ‘snargleglow’. But as you well know, the author reached instead for the word ‘gruffalo’ – and here’s the very first time she scribbled it …
Just think, it could have been known as a ‘snargleglow’. But as you well know, the author reached instead for the word ‘gruffalo’ – and here’s the very first time she scribbled it …
Smaller than a playing card and more expensive than a mansion, this tiny manuscript offers an insight into the mind of the budding 13-year-old novelist …
The hand of the novelist, captured in plaster. Victor Hugo died in 1885 and a mould taken around time of death was then able to inform casts and models for some time afterwards, like this one. It seems a little creepy to us today …
Written interpretation doesn’t always need to be upright. Here’s a charming example of a quotation from Charlotte Brontë, set in a stone in the garden at Plymouth Grove, home of fellow author Mrs Gaskell …
Novelist Yang-May Ooi shares a special object that reminds her of generations of her family. “My grandmother was six when her grandmother made this doll for her …