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Authors, Literary Birthdays

13 Nov 2017

Robert Louis Stevenson – Scottish novelist and poet, born on 13 November 1850

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Robert Louis Stevenson, born 13 November 1850 "Life is a journey that must be travelled, no matter…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

10 Nov 2017

Oliver Goldsmith – English poet, playwright and novelist, born on 10 November 1728

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Oliver Goldsmith, born 10 November 1728 "Life is a journey that must be travelled, no matter how…

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Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets

01 Nov 2017

Elizabeth Barrett Browning & How Do I Love Thee?

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Authors, Jane Austen, Newsletter

01 Nov 2017

Writers On The Money

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Authors, Books, Newsletter, tours

01 Nov 2017

Crime in Venice

I have just finished reading the last of Donna Leon’s series of crime novels set in Venice. For years now…

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Authors, Books, Newsletter

01 Nov 2017

Kristin Lavransdatter

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Authors, Books, Monograph, Newsletter, Screen versions

01 Nov 2017

Daphne du Maurier and ‘Rebecca’

Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca is a novel with two heroines, though one is nameless and the other is only a…

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Authors, Books, Newsletter

01 Nov 2017

Bookmarks

For as long as there have been books, readers have felt a need to mark their place so that they…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

31 Oct 2017

John Keats – English poet, born on 31 October 1795

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

29 Oct 2017

James Boswell – Scottish biographer, travel writer and diarist, born on 29 October 1740

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - James Boswell, born 29 October 1740 "I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

28 Oct 2017

Evelyn Waugh – English novelist and travel writer, born on 28 October 1903

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Evelyn Waugh, born 28 October 1903 "Punctuality is the virtue of the bored." My favourite of Waugh’s…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

27 Oct 2017

Dylan Thomas – Welsh poet, born 27 October 1914

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Dylan Thomas, born 27 October 1914 Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night Do not go…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

20 Oct 2017

Samuel Taylor Coleridge – English poet, born on 21 October 1772

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

20 Oct 2017

Arthur Rimbaud – French poet, born on 20 October 1854

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Arthur Rimbaud, born 20 October 1854 "Life is the farce which everyone has to perform." Rimbaud is…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

19 Oct 2017

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos – French novelist, born on 19 October 1741

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, born 19 October 1741 "Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more…

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