Just Arrived” “The Bookbinder of Jericho” by Pip Williams

A few years ago I read and enjoyed The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, so I’m pleased to have the opportunity to read her follow up novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, which won the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) General Fiction Book of the Year for 2024.

 

Here’s what the backcover has to say about what’s “inside the book”:

“The Bookbinder of Jericho is a story about knowledge – who makes it, who can access it, and what is lost when it is withheld.

In 1914, when the war draws t...