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01 Feb 2021

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Literary Titbits

Susannah 1 February 2021 13 Comments

Some literary titbits to start your month:

Aussie Reading

Susannah 1 February 2021 16 Comments

I’ve been doing more ‘Aussie’ reading than usual recently and can recommend some books I especially enjoyed. Read more

01 Feb 2021

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A boring book — Novels that are especially boring

Novels that are especially boring

Susannah 1 February 2021 56 Comments

The Sydney Morning Herald ‘Letters’ column has recently been kept busy with a discussion of novels that are especially boring. Read more

01 Feb 2021

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Meet A Book Addict – Ian Fleming

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This month’s collector was also an author. Ian Fleming (1908–1964), famed for his James Bond novels, was a serious book collector. Read more

01 Feb 2021

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The Go Between – A Video Talk

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“The past is another country: they do things differently there” – so begins the haunting novel The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley. Read more

01 Feb 2021

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The Importance of Being Oscar – A Video Talk

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Oscar Wilde once stated that the only thing worse than being talked about was NOT being talked about. This illustrated video talk tells the amazing story of his life. Read more

01 Feb 2021

Susannah Poem of the Month, Poets, Poems, Newsletter 4 Comments Permalink

November Skies

Susannah 1 February 2021 4 Comments

I recently read and was hugely impressed by Alexandra Harris’s book Weatherland about the ways in which the English weather has influenced and inspired painters and writers. Read more

01 Jan 2021

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My 2020 Favourites

Susannah 1 January 2021 33 Comments

It has been my custom to start a New Year’s newsletter with a list of my 10 favourite books of the old year Read more

01 Jan 2021

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The Diary of ?

Susannah 1 January 2021 6 Comments

There’s no doubt that 2020 has been an extremely stressful year for people around the world. Read more

01 Jan 2021

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Novels that Represent Country

Susannah 1 January 2021 6 Comments

Which novel best represents a particular country? What is it about a particular book that makes you feel you are actually in that country? Read more

01 Jan 2021

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Meet A Book Addict – Richard Heber

Susannah 1 January 2021 2 Comments

For 2021 I am starting a new segment of my newsletter – ‘Meet a Book Addict’. I’d like to introduce you to some fellow readers and book collectors from the past and the present. Read more

01 Jan 2021

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A Smuggler’s Song

Susannah 1 January 2021 10 Comments

This is one of my favourites, a poem which captures the topic in the very rhythm of its words. One can hear the clip-clop of the ponies in its lines. Read more

01 Dec 2020

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