Welcoming February’s Book: Great Writers and the Cats who Owned Them by Susannah Fullerton
24 February @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm UTC+10
Tuesday 24 February from 17:30 in the Members Bar.
Known to many in the Club, Susannah Fullerton explores in this book the relationships between much-loved writers and their feline friends.
Throughout history, cats and writers have bonded together in a magical combination of comfort, companionship and inspiration. The famous authors featured here range from Samuel Johnson, whose cat Hodge dined on oysters, and Edward Lear, whose charismatic cat Foss was missing half his tail, to Margaret Mitchell, L. M. Montgomery and Dorothy L. Sayers, who rescued her kitten Blitz from a bombsite.
Each chapter delves into the relationship between authors and the felines who condescended to share their homes and desks, revealing intriguing aspects of our much-loved writers’ lives and celebrating the ways in which cats, pure-bred and moggy, large and small, graceful and eccentric, enriched the world of literature.
A delightful reminder that behind many great writers, there was a cat in charge.
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