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Literary Birthdays, Poets

22 Aug 2017

Dorothy Parker – American short-story writer, poet and wit, born on 22 August 1893

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Dorothy Parker, born 22 August 1893 "I hate writing. I love having written." One Perfect Rose A…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

19 Aug 2017

Ogden Nash – American poet, born on 19 August 1902

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Ogden Nash, born 19 August 1902 "Middle age is when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday…

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Literary Birthdays

14 Aug 2017

John Galsworthy – English novelist and playwright, born on 14 August 1867

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - John Galsworthy , born 14 August 1867 "He might wish and wish and never get it –…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

13 Aug 2017

Ted Hughes – English poet, born on 17 August 1930

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Ted Hughes, born 17 August 1930 "What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession…

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Authors, Literary Birthdays

13 Aug 2017

Georgette Heyer – historical romance novelist, born on 16 August 1902

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Georgette Heyer, born 16 August 1902 "It was growing late, and though one might stand on the…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

04 Aug 2017

Percy Bysshe Shelley – English poet, born on 4 August 1792

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Percy Bysshe Shelley, born 4 August 1792 "Man has no right to kill his brother. It is…

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Books, Newsletter

01 Aug 2017

Books for a Special Grandchild

I am so terribly excited. In early December this year I am to become a grandma!!!! My daughter Elinor and…

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Authors, Books, Newsletter

01 Aug 2017

Celebrating Enid Blyton

Enid Blyton's work has long been controversial, but she told good stories and has been much loved through the generations.

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Authors, Newsletter

01 Aug 2017

Christopher Robin Milne

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Newsletter, Poems, Poets

01 Aug 2017

Seamus Heaney & Digging

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Authors, Literary Birthdays, Poems, Poets

28 Jul 2017

Hugh MacDiarmid – Scottish poet, born on 11 August 1892

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Hugh MacDiarmid, born 11 August 1892 "Auden, MacNeice, Day Lewis, I have read them all, Hoping against…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

28 Jul 2017

Alfred, Lord Tennyson – English poet, born on 6 August 1809

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Literary Birthdays

28 Jul 2017

Guy de Maupassant – French short story writer and novelist, born on 5 August 1850

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Guy de Maupassant, born 5 August 1792 "Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe:…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

27 Jul 2017

Rupert Brooke – English poet, born on 3 August 1887

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Rupert Brooke, born 3 August 1887 "If I should die, think only this of me ..." When…

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Literary Birthdays

27 Jul 2017

Beatrix Potter – English writer of children’s stories, born on 28 July 1866

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Beatrix Potter, born 28 July 1866 "Thank goodness I was never sent to school. It would have…

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