A slow read of Alan Garner's Treacle Walker
A weekly discussion podcast accompanying the 2026 slow read of Alan Garner's novel Treacle Walker. Host Simon Haisell provides analysis and prompts for listeners following along with the book. The podcast is part of the Footnotes & Tangents Substack newsletter.
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Treacle Walker #1: And night spilled in
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Reading Schedule: Treacle Walker
Home page | Weekly updates | Subscribe‘Ragbone! Ragbone! Any rags! Pots for rags! Donkey stone!’Welcome to a slow read of Treacle Walker by Alan Garner. I am your guide, Simon Haisell, and this is Footnotes & Tangents, a book group where we take our time to live inside great stories.Published in 2021, Treacle Walker is Alan Garner’s ninth novel. It is a strange, evocative and enigmatic story about
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