01 Jun 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 10 Comments Permalink An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark by Florence Hazrat An Admirable Point Susannah 1 June 2023 10 Comments If you’ve been reading my newsletter for some years, you might have noticed that I’m fond of using exclamation marks. Read more
01 Jun 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 9 Comments Permalink Queen Mary Dolls' House library A Tiny Library Susannah 1 June 2023 9 Comments There’s a fascinating library inside Queen Mary’s dolls’ house, which is on permanent display at Windsor Castle. Read more
01 Jun 2023 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 10 Comments Permalink Emily Dickinson & ‘Hope’ is the Thing with Feathers Susannah 1 June 2023 10 Comments Very, very few of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime. Read more
01 Jun 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 8 Comments Permalink Folio Society edition of The Dukes Children by Anthony Trollope The Duke’s Children Susannah 1 June 2023 8 Comments I recently had the enormous pleasure of reading a new, first edition of Anthony Trollope. It was a book called The Duke’s Children Read more
01 Jun 2023 Susannah Literary Statues, Newsletter, Poets No Comments Permalink Book Addict Admires a Literary Statue – Samuel Taylor Coleridge Susannah 1 June 2023 No Comments On 21 October last year (2022) a new statue was unveiled in a little English village. Read more
01 May 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 8 Comments Permalink Shakespeare's First Folio Shakespeare’s First Folio Susannah 1 May 2023 8 Comments Did you know that this year is the 400th birthday of Shakespeare’s First Folio? Read more
01 May 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading, tours 14 Comments Permalink My trip to Japan My trip to Japan Susannah 1 May 2023 14 Comments I started April by travelling in Japan. I so loved seeing the country, strolling in glorious gardens under the cherry blossoms, and admiring the incredibly polite and nice people. Read more
01 May 2023 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 7 Comments Permalink Robert Herrick & To Daffodils Susannah 1 May 2023 7 Comments Robert Herrick (1591 – 1674) was a cleric and a prolific poet who wrote over 2,500 poems. Read more
01 May 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading, Talks 4 Comments Permalink “I am dying, but otherwise quite well” Susannah 1 May 2023 4 Comments On one of the last days she spent on earth, Dame Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964) was asked by a friend how she was feeling. Read more
01 May 2023 Susannah Literary Statues, Newsletter, Poets 9 Comments Permalink Book Addict Admires a Literary Statue – Banjo Paterson Susannah 1 May 2023 9 Comments One of Australia’s newest statues is a literary one. Read more
01 Apr 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 6 Comments Permalink Returning to Dickens Returning to Dickens Susannah 1 April 2023 6 Comments Sometimes I read a book which makes me very jealous and leaves me thinking “Oh, if only I’d written that book!” Read more
01 Apr 2023 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 8 Comments Permalink Louis MacNeice & Apple Blossom Susannah 1 April 2023 8 Comments I have a nice optimistic poem for you this month. Read more
01 Apr 2023 Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading, tours 6 Comments Permalink Edingurgh city & The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan I love Edinburgh Susannah 1 April 2023 6 Comments There are few cities in the world I love as much as Edinburgh, the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature. Read more
01 Apr 2023 Susannah Books, Literary Statues, Newsletter 6 Comments Permalink Book Addict Admires a Literary Statue – William Faulkner Susannah 1 April 2023 6 Comments I am rather fond of a statue where I can sit next to an author and feel I am about to engage him or her in conversation. Read more
01 Mar 2023 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 8 Comments Permalink Lord Byron & The Destruction of Sennacherib Susannah 1 March 2023 8 Comments This month’s poem is a great favourite of mine and is by Lord Byron. Read more
