Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets Arabella reading a book 01 Nov 2018 Poem of the Month, November 2018 – Nursery Rhymes Susannah 14 Comments
Authors, Newsletter Louisa May Alcott's desk 01 Nov 2018 More about Louisa May Alcott Susannah 2 Comments
Newsletter, Reading Hans Christian Anderson traffic lights 01 Oct 2018 Reading Gives the Green Light Reading gives the green light to so much pleasure and learning, so I therefore find it entirely appropriate that literary… Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets Arundel Tomb in Chichester Cathedral, 01 Oct 2018 Poem of the Month, October 2018 – ‘An Arundel Tomb’ Susannah 6 Comments
Newsletter, Reading Boar's Head Boiled 01 Oct 2018 The Greedy Queen 2019 sees the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria, so we can expect a plethora of books about… Susannah 2 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Recommended Reading Henrietta Lacks 01 Sep 2018 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Susannah 12 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets Bronte Sisters statue, Haworth Parsonage. 01 Sep 2018 Emily Brontë & No Coward Soul is Mine It was Emily Brontë’s 200th birthday recently. She was born in Thornton, Yorkshire, and soon afterwards her parents moved to… Susannah No Comments
Newsletter, Reading What sort of reader are you? 30 Aug 2018 What Sort of Reader Are You? What sort of reader are you? Do you read slowly, savouring every word? Or do you rush through a book… Susannah 2 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Recommended Reading Maisie Dodds books by Jacqueline Winspear 30 Aug 2018 Have you met Maisie Dobbs? Have you met Maisie Dobbs? She is the character created by novelist Jacqueline Winspear in a series of crime novels… Susannah No Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Reading Charles Dickens book ends 01 Aug 2018 Do you use bookends? Do you use bookends, the simple device that buttresses or props up an upright row of books? Bookends are utilitarian,… Susannah No Comments
Authors, Newsletter Stylized rendition of joint portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand by Eugène Delacroix 01 Aug 2018 Chopin’s Piano and George Sand Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions Keira Knightley in Colette (2018) 01 Aug 2018 Literary Films Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets Sir Walter Raleigh taking leave of his family 01 Aug 2018 Sir Walter Raleigh & Even Such is Time Susannah 2 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets Macavity The Mystery Cat 01 Jul 2018 Poem of the Month, July 2018 – ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’ Macavity: The Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw— For he's the master… Susannah 10 Comments
Authors, Literary Statues, Newsletter, tours Characters from the ‘Narnia’ books of CS Lewis in a Belfast square 01 Jul 2018 Literary Statues Susannah 4 Comments
