Always keep a notebook

    Writers and their notebooks pop up here from time to time; for instance, we've had

    Dorothy L. Sayers,

    Tracy Chevalier,

    Lawrence Norfolk,

    Mr. Norfolk again with A.S. Byatt and others,

    my guests 'at the writing desk',

    and now here's Joan Aiken on the subject - and by the way, the Joan Aiken blog, written by Joan's daughter Lizza, is very much worth visiting.