This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' Robert Macfarlane In this treasure chest of an anthology, find essays by all your favourite authors about the joy of reading, and of giving and receiving books. Together they make up inspiring, unforgettable, irresistible proof of the power and necessity of literature It includes pieces of exceptional quality from some of the world's most treasured novelists, essayists, poets and nonfiction writers, including: Candice Carty-Williams, Madeline Thien, William Boyd, Chigozie Obioma, Max Porter, Salley Vickers, Andy Miller and Robert Macfarlane.