The Ceramics Reader is a triumph. I do not doubt that it will be recognised as the most influential ceramics title of our decade.

Crafts

This book is absolutely recommended, and fortunately it is fitted with an index so it can also be used as a reference work.

Keramiske noter (Bloomsbury translation)

I have been reading sections of this superb and fascinating book in no particular order, such is the arrangement of this presentation of articles, essays and conference papers.

Anglian Potters Newsletter

The Ceramics Reader is part seed bank, bedrock, reagent, and compass. Livingstone and Petrie have assembled an invaluable reference that so elegantly represents and agitates both historic and contemporary discourse in the field of Ceramic Art

Brian Gillis, Associate Professor of Art at the University of Oregon, USA

Bringing together a rich collection of critical texts, from ceramic luminaries such as Philip Rawson and Garth Clark to the provocative writing of a younger generation of practitioners, The Ceramic Reader is the book we have been waiting for.

Stephen Dixon, Crafts Research Group Leader at Manchester School of Art, UK

The persistent echo of the art / craft debate and a long dismissal of ceramics as fine art has caused an identity crisis. This is a remarkably full and timely account to start a dialogue of inclusion and diversity in the art world.

Salvador Jiménez-Flores, Artist in Residence at the Ceramics Program Office at Harvard University, USA