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.



'Simply stunning, the seasons within the countryside are celebrated with different lists, poems, excerpts from novels, recipes, and sayings, and all are accompanied by the most beautiful linocut illustrations.'



'A book to treasure for a lifetime.'



'A meticulously chosen collection of poems and moments of pause, to mark the passing of the year'



'A delight. From suggested books for each season of the year, to recipes, poems, novel extracts and book suggestions, this is a book to relax into all year.'