Notes From A Book Addict

25 Sep 2020

Susannah Talks, Movies, Newsletter, books No Comments Permalink

Talks by Zoom

Susannah 25 September 2020 No Comments

The Author, the Book and the Movie

Is the movie ever as good as the book? How do you compare a 2-hour film, with a more extended TV adaptation of a beloved novel? Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah Screen versions, Movies, Newsletter 19 Comments Permalink

New Adaptations

Susannah 1 September 2020 19 Comments

I am excited to hear that a new TV adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love is to be made. Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah tours, Newsletter 1 Comment Permalink

Literary Travel – Top Ten in France

Susannah 1 September 2020 1 Comment

No country has won as many Nobel Prizes for Literature as has France – 15 in total. The first winner ever was Frenchman Sully Prudhomme (barely heard of today), Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah tours, Newsletter 4 Comments Permalink

Travel is a very uncertain business at the moment

Susannah 1 September 2020 4 Comments

As planning overseas travel is a very uncertain business at the moment, I have been working with Australians Studying Abroad Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah Newsletter 47 Comments Permalink

Are you a Grammar Nazi?

Susannah 1 September 2020 47 Comments

Are you a Grammar Nazi? Do you stress over misplaced apostrophes? Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah videos, Jane Austen, Newsletter 4 Comments Permalink

Saving Jane Austen’s House

Susannah 1 September 2020 4 Comments

“Let me introduce you to a heroine. Her name was Dorothy Gwynnyd Darnell. It is thanks to this remarkable woman that we can today visit the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton.”

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01 Sep 2020

Susannah Authors, Recommended Reading, Newsletter, books No Comments Permalink

Charlotte Brontë & ‘Jane Eyre’

Susannah 1 September 2020 No Comments

When a manuscript of a novel called Jane Eyre reached the publishing house of Smith, Elder & Co, it was handed to the literary reader Read more

01 Sep 2020

Susannah Poem of the Month, Poets, Poems, Newsletter 2 Comments Permalink

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Susannah 1 September 2020 2 Comments

Omar Khayyam was a Persian poet, born in the late 11th century. From what little we know, he must have been a remarkable man Read more

01 Aug 2020

Susannah Movies, Newsletter, books 8 Comments Permalink

The Booksellers

Susannah 1 August 2020 8 Comments

It was just fabulous to go and see a movie again recently, and what a good choice I made for my first post-Covid film! Read more

01 Aug 2020

Susannah Jane Austen, Newsletter, books 6 Comments Permalink

Who is charming?

Susannah 1 August 2020 6 Comments

I have been thinking about ‘charm’ in literary characters. I think this is, of almost all qualities, the hardest for an author to portray. Read more

01 Aug 2020

Susannah Authors, Newsletter 4 Comments Permalink

Mask’d

Susannah 1 August 2020 4 Comments

If one must wear a face mask, then it’s a nice idea to find one that advertises your love of books. Read more

01 Aug 2020

Susannah Paintings, Authors, Talks, Newsletter No Comments Permalink

Greats of the Victorian Era

Susannah 1 August 2020 No Comments

I’m very excited to be joining Kenneth Park in presenting two new online talks in conjunction with the Old Treasury Building Museum, Melbourne. Read more

01 Aug 2020

Susannah Authors, Recommended Reading, Newsletter, books 2 Comments Permalink

Nevil Shute & ‘A Town Like Alice’

Susannah 1 August 2020 2 Comments

It has romance, suffering, hardship and determined achievement. It tells a remarkable story of survival, and it has become an Australian classic, Read more

01 Aug 2020

Susannah Poem of the Month, Poets, Poems, Newsletter 6 Comments Permalink

Lawrence Durrell & ‘Swans’

Susannah 1 August 2020 6 Comments

Swans by Lawrence Durrell Read more

01 Jul 2020

Susannah Authors, Newsletter 10 Comments Permalink

I am not a ‘political’ being

Susannah 1 July 2020 10 Comments

I am not an especially ‘political’ being, but I am currently feeling enraged! How can the Australian government suddenly drastically raise the costs of doing a humanities degree? Read more