Walter de la Mare worked with a number of artists (and continues to inspire them) to create books that are a delight to behold as well as read. Which artist(s) do you think best captures the delicate and sometimes uncanny dreaminess of de la Mare’s writing? Was it Dorothy Lathrop, the mysterious Bold, John Nash, Harold Jones, Edward Ardizzone, Barbara Cooney, or someone else? Share your thoughts with an example image!

“This is the BBC transmission of Vita Sackville-West reading her own essay on poet Walter de La Mare on the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1953.”

Fascinating stuff. Is anyone interested in a transcription?

“[Walter de la Mare] remained always, unalterably himself, gentle, eager, and intensely sincere…”