On this episode, Betsy Cornwell, author and founder of the Old Knitting Factory, talks about how she has been able to make her life all about words and supporting that in others. She talks about how meaningful physical books are to her, the series she is constantly rereading, and we find some shared Betsy habits. 

 

Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland

betsycornwell.com

oldknittingfactory.com

 

Books mentioned in this episode: 

 

What Betsy’s reading: 

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

The Oldest Bitch Alive by Morgan Day

 

Books Highlighted by Betsy: 

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

The Time-Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffinegger

Deerskin by Robin McKinley

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

What It Is by Lynda Barry

The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett 

Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

The Skull by Jon Klassen

 

All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.  

Other books mentioned in this episode:

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Many Waters by Madeleine L’Engle 

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter

Tides by Betsy Cornwell 

Suffs by Shaina Taub & Betsy Cornwell 

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Beauty by Robin McKinley

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

The Truth by Terry Pratchett 

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest by Phoebe Wahl

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