Salisbury Cathedral has just installed a new wishing well. That might not be what they think they have done, but in the slippery world of symbols and their interpretation, intention has very little to do with it.

 

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Now that Circles of Thorns is published you might think it reasonable that your favourite online book seller would be sending your ordered copies out. Unhappily, speaking with my publisher today it seems that everybody’s F.O.B.S. hasn’t actually ordered any copies of the book from my publisher’s wholesaler. Hence, the notice on their website “This title has not yet been released. You may pre-order it now and we will deliver it to you when it arrives.”

If you can’t wait for the F.O.B.S. to come up with the goods (and you haven’t pre-ordered it from them), you might like to try Blackwells, the Book Depository, or Orca Book Services (through the Continuum catalogue entry). You won’t receive F.O.B.S.’s discount, but at least you will receive the book. You might also want to use BookButler to see the availability of Circles via other retailers.

Just a reminder to all (both?) my readers that today marks the publication of Circles of Thorns: Hieronymus Bosch and Being Human (Continuum International). I hope that you will enjoy browsing and purchasing this book. For more information about it, see the entry in Continuum’s catalogue. It is a beautifully produced book (printed, as one memorably disparaging review of another book put it, on very nice paper), the product of a lot of hard work and imagination from the wonderful people at Continuum (especial thanks to Caroline Chartres, Andrew Walby and their team).

Hysterically, it already features as no. 9 on Amazon.co.uk’s “Hot Future Releases” list in the
Art, Architecture & Photography category: right behind:

Hot Luxury Girls: Best of Sugar Posh Beauties

and, the indispensable:

All American Dream Girls

Please buy it (Circles of Thorns, that is), and, when you’ve bought it, tell me what you’ve liked / disliked / agreed with / disagreed with about it.