EP 5: What Books Got You Through Your Childhood? feat. John Mitchinson

from Smoke Hole Sessions · host Martin Shaw & Chelsea Green Publishing

Martin Shaw talks to publisher, author, podcaster and smallholder, John Mitchinson about the most powerful, precious and provocative objects in the world – books. More than simply content, more than print on paper, books are repositories of knowledge and a portal to anyone and anything, anywhere. John and Martin discuss the feeling of finding a kindred spirit in a book and extending the life of a book beyond its pages, passionately articulated and shared in John’s (and Andy Miller’s) podcast, Backlisted. Martin says, ‘There is very little in the world for me that is more magical than books.’ This one’s for the bibliophiles out there. Get 30% off Martin’s new book Smoke Hole at chelseagreen.co.uk using the code SHS30 Find Martin Shaw on insta @drmartinshaw; facebook @MartinShaw; www.drmartinshaw.com Find John Mitchinson on insta @johnmitchinson; twitter @johnmitchinson A huge thanks to Ben Addicott for helping to produce this podcast Violin music by John Matthias Smoke Hole is published by Chelsea Green Publishing UK

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Martin Shaw talks to publisher, author, podcaster and smallholder, John Mitchinson about the most powerful, precious and provocative objects in the world – books. More than simply content, more than print on paper, books are repositories of knowledge and a portal to anyone and anything, anywhere. John and Martin discuss the feeling of finding a kindred spirit in a book and extending the life of a book beyond its pages, passionately articulated and shared in John’s (and Andy Miller’s) podcast, Backlisted. Martin says, ‘There is very little in the world for me that is more magical than books.’ This one’s for the bibliophiles out there. Get 30% off Martin’s new book Smoke Hole at chelseagreen.co.uk using the code SHS30 Find Martin Shaw on insta @drmartinshaw; facebook @MartinShaw; www.drmartinshaw.com Find John Mitchinson on insta @johnmitchinson; twitter @johnmitchinson A huge thanks to Ben Addicott for helping to produce this podcast Violin music by John Matthias Smoke Hole is published by Chelsea Green Publishing UK

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