Firing Earth: An Unexpected History of Pots and Potters by Keith Brymer Jones (SIGNED PRE-ORDER) #joyce

Firing Earth: An Unexpected History of Pots and Potters by Keith Brymer Jones (SIGNED PRE-ORDER) #joyceSIGNED EDITION DATE OF RELEASE: 22 OCT 2026 Star of Channel 4's THE GREAT POTTERY THROWDOWN and OUR WELSH CHAPEL DREAM's passionate, accessible, entertaining and very personal exploration of what pottery has given to him and the world 'Sitting down at the wheel and grasping a ball of clay, I can travel back in time. I'm compelled to slow down to the pace of my ancestors.' Did you know the potter's wheel was invented before any other kind of wheel? And

and the shattered emperor himself

No tower is tall enough to protect me from the horror that tore my life to shreds

• You'll never be short of ideas to keep everyone healthy and well-fed

robust easy-to-use mechanisms for tiny hands and a rhyming text with friendly animal facts

A Prologue'

Through vivid portraits of pioneers like Freya Stark

this love letter to the New Journalism era is filled with a cast of Anderson’s frequent collaborators

catastrophes are painful and destructive

and finally a Crushed

What grows in herbaceous borders

watchers and gunmen

If only his daughter Marcy shared his enthusiasm for exploration