Jason Howell
Jason Howell asked Cath Staincliffe:

If you could design the perfect reader, how, what, and why would that reader read? What tools and sensibilities would s/he bring to bear? How would the perfect reader differ from the perfect reader of *your* work?

Cath Staincliffe That's a really difficult question and I'm not sure I can answer it. I think every reader brings something different to a book and takes something different away from it, that reading is an active process. So there can't really be a 'perfect' reader. And I think people should read whatever they enjoy. For me reading is one of life's greatest pleasures and I encourage people to read for pleasure. Sorry if I've not been able to answer as you hoped.

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