Tony Birks book

A recent book titled 'Encounters with Ceramic' is the complete writings, essays etc from Tony Birks. An interesting book and a good read, there are essays on many potters from all periods.

I did meet Tony Birks a few times when he ran the Alpha House Gallery in Sherborne and my studio pottery education owes much to the books that he wrote or part wrote from the late 1960s onwards. These I still have.

Therefore do you know if this book is made up of extracts from his previous books or is largely previously unpublished material?

The book is made up of reviews ,obituaries, for ceramic magazines here and in France etc for most of our leading potters with some exceptions. paper back only available.

Is he married to Pat Birks?

https://www.haymakers.co.uk/pat-birks

I have most of his books but i found this one most readable as it is a collection of essays and reviews that Birks wrote throughout his career, i like his style of writing as he tends to write how he feels rather than just being nice and gives insights into the potters characters and thoughts. He was a great supporter of the Sainsbury centre and his collection was given to centre by his wife although for some reason it's not on show at the moment. My only quibble about the book is that it's not available in hardback although at £20 it's not going to break the bank .

Glad you liked the book ,i found it enjoyable reading , the review and obituary on Henderson was of particular interest to me as i have been trying to gather information on him to find out what made Henderson  tick. The Birks collection is in storage at the moment i believe.