The Country Commonplace Book by Miranda Mills

The Country Commonplace Book by Miranda Mills

A seasonal touchstone packed full of quotes, book lists, recipes, poems and observations on the natural world to keep close at hand and to accompany you through the year.

Commonplace books have been kept for centuries, and have historically been used to record favourite passages from books, poetry, anecdotes, extracts from letters, proverbs, lists, shared recipes, quotes, prayers and lyrics. ‘Commonplacing’ has seen a recent revival and can now be seen more as a highly personal anthology – a joyful place where the keeper can develop a deeper sense of self by selecting fragments of language that feel meaningful and reflect their tastes, beliefs and values.

In this book, delve into blogger, Instagrammer and YouTuber Miranda Mills' ultimate commonplace book, a carefully curated guide to the seasons. Including poetry by Robert Browning, Emily Brontë, Sara Teasdale, Lemn Sissay, and with extracts from Edith Wharton, George Eliot, Alison Uttley, Louisa May Alcott, Adrian Bell and many, many more. Connect more deeply with yourself and your creative impulses as you explore everything each season has to offer, and even be inspired to create your own personalised commonplace book.

Miranda Mills is a blogger, Instagrammer and YouTuber who shares book reviews, seasonal reading guides and insights into country life on her social media channels. Miranda is the founder of the Substack Seasons of Story, an online literary journal and community celebrating literature, art and the natural world. She can be found on mirandasnotebook.com, Instagram @mirandasbookcase/@mirandasnotebook and YouTube @MirandaMills. She lives in Yorkshire.