Tag: time

by Charles Fernyhough 28 Apr 2009 0

The wheels keep turning

We spent last weekend building a board for Isaac’s electric train set, and now we’re practising running one train intoContinue Reading

by Charles Fernyhough 24 Dec 2008 0

the baby in the mirror

Is he nearly here yet?

Isaac can’t wait. Today is Christmas Eve, which means that tonight Santa Claus will come down the chimney and ‘drinkContinue Reading

Charles Fernyhough is a writer and psychologist. His non-fiction book about his daughter’s psychological development, The Baby in the Mirror, was published by Granta in 2008. His book on autobiographical memory, Pieces of Light (Profile, 2012) was shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. His latest non-fiction book is The Voices Within (Profile/Wellcome Collection, 2016). He is the editor of Others: Writers on the power of words to help us see beyond ourselves (Unbound, 2019), with net profits supporting refugee and anti-hate charities.

Charles is the author of two novels, The Auctioneer (Fourth Estate, 1999) and A Box of Birds (Unbound, 2013). His books have been translated into thirteen languages. His writing credits include Scientific American, New Scientist, Guardian, Observer, Financial Times and Literary Review. He is a part-time Professor of Psychology at Durham University, where he leads the interdisciplinary Hearing the Voice project.