This beautiful thing is only part of the whole. A book tree in praise of words and ideas and the people who take the time and put in the hours to get them down on paper.

The @_freetofly_ twitter account bid us farewell yesterday. A marvellous microblog that celebrated the brilliance of public libraries.

A final night at the Edinburgh International Book Festival listening to the incredible (self-described) artist, Michel Faber, was a great opportunity to reflect on the good that words can do. And my tiny tribute to both.