| Kevin Crossley-Holland (b. 1941) grew up with a passion for history, encouraged by a father who recited folk tales to his son, accompanying himself on a Welsh harp. The young Kevin was so entranced by the medieval and ancient past that he even set up a museum in the garden shed. At Oxford University he developed an abiding love of Anglo-Saxon, something that has re-surfaced time and again in his writing career, in his translations, his re-telling of myths and the "singan ond secgan" (the "sing and say") of his poetry. After graduation, Crossley-Holland worked in publishing as a fiction and poetry editor (Macmillan) and editorial director (Victor Gollancz) before teaching in academia. His re-imagining of the Arthurian legends in his trilogy for children are hugely popular and critically acclaimed, receiving the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize amongst others.
1 The Rain-Giver 2.10
2 Dusk, Burnham-Overy-Staithe 1.19
3 The Island 1.06
4 The First Island 1.47
5 The Dream-House 3.13
6 Grandmother's Footsteps 1.40
7 An Approach to the Marsh 1.57
8 Mosquito 1.07
9 From Waterslain: 10.33
Mrs Riches
Diz
Shuck
Beachcomber
The Great Painter
Wildfowler
John
Laddie
10 From OrkneyGirls: The Girl at Gurness 1.49
11 Sounds 2.39
12 Do You, or I, or Anyone Know? 2.29
13 Here, at the Tide's Turning 3.05
14 Solvitur Ambulando 2.07
15 Across the Water 0.49
16 The Language of Yes 0.58
17 Still Life: Eleanor with Field-Flowers 2.20
18 Leaf-Girl 0.53
19 White Noise 2.36
20 Light Weather 1.35
21 Counting Her Steps 1.39
22 The Fox and the Poet 0.59
23 Translation Workshop: Grit and Blood 1.36
24 Idling 0.25
25 The Heart-in-Waiting 1.09
26 Like a Small Sigh 3.15
27 Limoges 0.55
28 The Grain of Things 1.31
29 The Art of Picking Blackberries 2.35
Total length of the recording 60.00
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