The Watkins Review
February 5, 2009 - 5:34 pm
I’m extremely honoured to have been asked to write a lengthy feature about The Missing Years of Jesus for the summer 2009 edition of the famous Watkins Review, the quarterly publication produced by the world famous Watkins Bookshop in central London.
Since 1894 or thereabouts, the company logo of Watkins Bookshop has been the Egyptian god Thoth (pictured above), who was thought to be the scribe of the gods, and this notion is reflected by Watkins’ long and fascinating history, as well as by the sheer range and quality of the many books they have available.
I’m looking forward to composing an individual and unique feature for this eminent and respected review, while I intend to post up a great deal more relevant background information on my book here on Eternal Idol between now and and the time of the book’s publication in March.
2 Responses to “The Watkins Review”
Thank you for your kind words, Jim, and for your generosity of spirit as well. I can’t deny that I was very pleased by the invitation from the Watkins Review and that’s one reason why I’ve shamelessly announced it to the Four Winds.
As you can see from the links, Watkins is probably the oldest bookshop of its kind in the world and as the site points out “We have always prided ourselves, with some modesty, on the scope and profundity of the material we stock and on the breadth and depth of the knowledge & service offered by our staff.”
When you also read that “Our customers come from all across the world; from across the social, ethnic, religious, economic and linguistic spectra, there is no bias” and that it was known as the “University of Rejected Sciences”, over a century ago, my cup overfloweth. However, I’ll just have to see what reaction my book gets when it’s published and it would be madness for me to expect it to be universally well-received, but I’m very happy and honoured with the kind invitations I’ve had so far from Watkins and from the Isbourne Foundation.
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Wow Dennis, that is truly an honour, I know that there will be many more to follow!