Notes From A Book Addict

01 Jan 2022

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10 Novels that Changed the World – A Video Talk

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Literature has always had the power to change – just think of the impact of the King James Bible, Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, Read more

01 Jan 2022

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The Smell of Old Books

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You have probably noticed that, when you walk into a second-hand book shop, there is a distinctive smell. Read more

01 Jan 2022

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Novels set in Venice

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I have recently enjoyed reading Water Music, a novella by Australian author Christine Balint, Read more

01 Jan 2022

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Robert Louis Stevenson & The Lamplighter

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Let’s begin the year with a youthful favourite. Read more

01 Jan 2022

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Book Addict Visits a Library – Pepys Library

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Covid has made me realise how vitally important libraries are in my life. Read more

01 Jan 2022

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My 2021 Favourites

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I always begin the year by giving you my Top Ten books of the year before. Read more

17 Dec 2021

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The Two of Us in the Sydney Morning Herald

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In December 2021 my great friend, Walter Mason and I featured in the Sydney Morning Herald’s, ‘The Two of Us’ segment in The Good Weekend magazine written by Amanda Hooton and photographed by Edwina Pickles. You can read this article on the Sydney Morning Herald’s website here. Read more

01 Dec 2021

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Philip Larkin & Next, Please

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As another New Year’s Day approaches, with its time for resolutions, perhaps we can all learn something from this poem by Philip Larkin? Read more

01 Dec 2021

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Winterbrook House

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I have taken tour groups to visit Agatha Christie’s home, ‘Greenway’, in Devon. Read more

01 Dec 2021

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A Colourful, Bookish Christmas

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‘I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year,’ says Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, possibly the most popular of all Christmas stories. Read more

01 Dec 2021

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The British Film Festival

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I love film festivals, but my absolute favourite each year is the British Film Festival. Read more

01 Dec 2021

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Meet A Book Addict – Geoffrey Chaucer

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In the prologue to his work The Legend of Good Women, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote: Read more

01 Dec 2021

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My Strange Year

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What a strange year 2021 has been. Let’s hope that 2022 will be easier and healthier for us all. Read more

01 Nov 2021

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Meet A Book Addict – Anke Gowda

Susannah 1 November 2021 4 Comments

An Indian man named Anke Gowda has a collection of about 1.5 million books. Read more

01 Nov 2021

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Dr Zhivago – A Video Talk

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The intensely moving love story of Yuri Zhivago and the beautiful nurse Lara is set against the backdrop of climactic Russian history – war, revolution and social upheaval. Read more