Writ

Writ is about youth, memory and love. Following an unexpected brief encounter, the narrator experiences a giddiness not felt since those excruciatingly awkward episodes that befall youth. When she then finds her fourteen year old self at the kitchen table, she revisits a past that she had abandoned after acquiring experience and maturity. With a dazzling linguistic style and witty cultural references, Smith arouses the reader’s own memory and imagination, recalling what it is like to be young, what it is like to grow up, what it is like to touch love.

This edition of 200 copies, signed by the author, was designed, printed and bound by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press near Cambridge. The books were typeset by Speedspools of Edinburgh in 12pt Monotype Plantin Light and printed by letterpress on Zerkall mould-made paper. They were thread-sewn and limp bound with Colorplan paper wrappers. With 16 pages, the book measures 9 ½ by 6 ½ inches. The Festival's pressmark was designed and engraved on wood by Geraldine Waddington of Oundle.