Authors, Books, Newsletter, Reading Kwaussie Graphic 01 Jan 2018 Being a Kwaussie The National Australian Dictionary chose as its ‘new word of the year’ a word that describes me aptly – ‘Kwaussie’… Susannah 6 Comments
Authors, Books, Jane Austen, Newsletter Library at Westbrook Station, Queensland, ca. 1898 01 Jan 2018 People and their Bookcases We recently had some guests over for dinner who had never been in our house before. (Which, by the way… Susannah 37 Comments
Authors, Books, Jane Austen, Newsletter Top Five Books of 2017 01 Jan 2018 My 2017 Favourites Susannah 14 Comments
Books, Newsletter Book plates belonging to Rudyard Kipling & Jack London 01 Dec 2017 Book Plates A book plate (sometimes known as an ‘ex libris’, from the Latin for ‘from the books of…’) is a small… Susannah 2 Comments
Books, Newsletter Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley 01 Dec 2017 About Mary Shelley Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets A miniature depicting Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham of Balkh visited by angels, 1760-70. 01 Dec 2017 Leigh Hunt & Abou Ben Adhem Susannah 12 Comments
Authors, Newsletter Baby's Feet on Brown Wicker Basket 01 Dec 2017 A Precious New Child Susannah 36 Comments
Authors, Newsletter, Poems, Poets Clasped Hands of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning 01 Nov 2017 Elizabeth Barrett Browning & How Do I Love Thee? Susannah 3 Comments
Authors, Jane Austen, Newsletter Jane Austen bank note 01 Nov 2017 Writers On The Money Susannah 6 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter, tours Donna Leon, Commissario Brunetti Series 01 Nov 2017 Crime in Venice I have just finished reading the last of Donna Leon’s series of crime novels set in Venice. For years now… Susannah 18 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter Book of the Month Club newsletter from 1929 01 Nov 2017 Kristin Lavransdatter Susannah 2 Comments
Authors, Books, Monograph, Newsletter, Screen versions Daphne du Maurier & Rebecca 01 Nov 2017 Daphne du Maurier and ‘Rebecca’ Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca is a novel with two heroines, though one is nameless and the other is only a… Susannah 6 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter Book with bookmark 01 Nov 2017 Bookmarks For as long as there have been books, readers have felt a need to mark their place so that they… Susannah 22 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter Claire Tomalin and her new biography 01 Oct 2017 Claire Tomalin and Biographies In the lectures I give, I love to provide background to a novel or poem by telling my audience something… Susannah 12 Comments
Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets Roman Quinquereme 01 Oct 2017 John Masefield & Cargoes Susannah 29 Comments
