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Authors, Literary Birthdays

26 Feb 2018

Victor Hugo – French poet and novelist, born on 26 February 1802

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Victor Hugo, born 26 February 1802 "Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

24 Feb 2018

Wilhelm Grimm – German collector of fairy tales, born on 24 February 1786

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Wilhelm Grimm, born 24 February 1786 "Once upon a time ..." Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm were devoted…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

23 Feb 2018

Samuel Pepys – English diarist, born on 23 February 1633

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

21 Feb 2018

W.H. Auden – Anglo-American poet, born on 21 February 1907

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - W.H. Auden, born 21 February 1907 "Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings"…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

10 Feb 2018

Boris Pasternak – Russian poet and novelist, born on 10 February 1890

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Boris Pasternak, born 10 February 1890 “How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

07 Feb 2018

Charles Dickens – English novelist, born on 7 February 1812

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Charles Dickens, born 7 February 1812 "It was the best of times, it was the worst of…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

03 Feb 2018

James Joyce – Irish novelist, born on 2 February 1882

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Authors, Books, Jane Austen, Newsletter

01 Feb 2018

Literary Jigsaw Puzzles

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Authors, Books, Jane Austen, Newsletter

01 Feb 2018

‘Persuasion’ – One of the World’s Great Love Stories

How about celebrating Valentine’s Day this month by reading (hopefully re-reading) Jane Austen’s Persuasion which has just turned 200? Her…

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Authors, Books, Newsletter, Recommended Reading

01 Feb 2018

A Cracking Start to 2018

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Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets

01 Feb 2018

Robert Louis Stevenson & Requiem

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

31 Jan 2018

Zane Grey – American novelist, born on 31 January 1872

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Zane Grey, born 31 January 1872 "I love my work, but do not know how I write…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

29 Jan 2018

Anton Chekhov – Russian playwright and short story writer, born on 29 January 1860

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Anton Chekhov, born 29 January 1860 "There is nothing new in art except talent." Chekhov was such…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

28 Jan 2018

Colette – French novelist, born on 28 January 1873

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

27 Jan 2018

Lewis Carroll – English novelist, born on 27 January 1832

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