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Recommended Reading

20 Apr 2017

Mothers in Literature – Recommended Reading

Suggested reading list for MOTHERS IN LITERATURE -- A reflection on fictional mothers I love to recommend books that I've…

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Literary Birthdays

16 Apr 2017

Kingsley Amis – English novelist, born in 16 April 1922

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Kingsley Amis, 16 April Amis was a fine comic novelist, and wrote more than 20 books, plus…

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Literary Birthdays

15 Apr 2017

Henry James – American novelist, born 15 April 1843

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Henry James, 15 April My favourite Henry James novel is Washington Square which has perhaps one of…

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Literary Birthdays

10 Apr 2017

William Hazlitt – English essayist, born 10 April 1778

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - William Hazlitt, 10 April Hazlitt was more than an essayist – he was also a superb art…

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Literary Birthdays, Poets

07 Apr 2017

William Wordsworth – English poet, born 7 April 1770

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Books, Newsletter, Reading

01 Apr 2017

WWI and Books

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Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets

01 Apr 2017

Edward Thomas & Adlestrop

Adlestrop by Edward Thomas Yes. I remember Adlestrop— The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there…

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Newsletter, Reading

26 Mar 2017

Reading in Bed

From the feedback I have received from my previous post, it sounds as if there have been librocubicularists popping up…

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Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions

26 Mar 2017

Queen Victoria

The BBC is making a new 4-part adaptation of E.M. Forster’s Howard’s End. It stars Hayley Atwell and Matthew Macfadyen…

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Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions

01 Mar 2017

Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf

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Books, Newsletter, Reading

25 Feb 2017

Are you a Librocubicularist?

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Books, Newsletter

25 Feb 2017

How long should a work of fiction be?

Abraham Lincoln, who was a very tall man, was once asked how long a man's legs should be. His response…

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Newsletter, Poems

24 Feb 2017

Patrick Kavanagh & Lines Written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin

I've been preparing for my literary tour of Ireland in May and have enjoyed learning more about Irish poet Patrick…

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Books, Newsletter

11 Jan 2017

Of Claire Tomalin and Katherine Mansfield

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Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions

10 Jan 2017

More Film Adaptations

I have loved reading the Robert Galbraith series of novels (those are the crime novels written by J.K. Rowling under…

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