Alan Garner
Author profile
born
in Congleton, Cheshire, The United Kingdom
October 17, 1934
gender
male
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Tales of Alderley, #1)
— published 1960 — 27 editions |
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The Owl Service
— published 1967 — 31 editions |
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Elidor
— published 1965 — 22 editions |
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The Moon of Gomrath (Tales of Alderley, #2)
— published 1963 — 21 editions |
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Red Shift
— published 1973 — 10 editions |
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Thursbitch
— published 2003 — 2 editions |
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Boneland (Tales of Alderley, #3)
— published 2012 — 3 editions |
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The Stone Book Quartet
— published 1976 — 6 editions |
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Strandloper
— published 1996 — 2 editions |
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Collected Folk Tales
— published 2011 — 3 editions |
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“She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.”
― Alan Garner, The Owl Service
― Alan Garner, The Owl Service
“... I had never given much credence to the phenomenon of "writer's block". I was more inclined to think of it as "writer's impatience", and to follow Arthur Koestler's dictum: "Soak; and wait.”
― Alan Garner, The Voice That Thunders
― Alan Garner, The Voice That Thunders
“The job of a storyteller is to speak the truth. But what we feel most deeply can’t be spoken in words alone. At this level, only images connect. And here, story becomes symbol; symbol is myth. And myth is truth.”
― Alan Garner
― Alan Garner
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| The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread) | 2791 | 932 | Nov 30, 2010 09:03pm | |
| UK Book Club: Zoe's List | 20 | 98 | Jan 06, 2011 05:33am | |
| Building a SciFi/...: book suggestions please | 29 | 202 | Oct 05, 2011 02:51am | |
| Beyond Reality: Alan Garner radio play | 3 | 30 | Apr 24, 2012 06:32pm | |
| UK Book Club: * The Times list of 50 greatest writers since 1945 | 31 | 893 | May 03, 2012 06:29am | |
| Children's Books: Alan Garner to Finish His "Weirdstone of Brisingamen" Trilogy!!! | 4 | 14 | Jul 18, 2012 09:38am | |
| The Sword and Laser: A life time achievement award for GRRM | 1 | 30 | Jul 23, 2012 09:22am | |
| 2013 Reading Chal...: SilverRaindrops' Corner | 35 | 36 | Sep 30, 2012 10:36am | |
| 2013 Reading Chal...: SilverRaindrops' Challenge - Updated from 120 to 150 | 32 | 64 | Oct 15, 2012 06:55am |
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