Books, Events, Newsletter Shelf of Georgette Heyer books 01 Dec 2018 Georgette Heyer: A Perpetual Delight In my teens, I read and enjoyed the Regency novels of Georgette Heyer. I then decided I’d outgrown them and… Susannah 5 Comments
Books, Newsletter Bellingshausen Base, Antarctica. 01 Dec 2018 Do people insist on telling you the ending? Susannah 4 Comments
Books, Newsletter, Recommended Reading One of two rooms in the w:Musée de l'Orangerie containing some of Monet's Water Lilies. 01 Dec 2018 Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies Two of my favourite rooms in the entire world are those in the Orangerie Museum in Paris which hold Monet’s… Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter Illustration from the book, The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins 01 Jul 2018 The Moonstone Bookshops devote many shelves to detective fiction. But the genre is a fairly modern phenomenon that began with Wilkie Collins’… Susannah 10 Comments
Books, Newsletter, Reading Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster in the classic 1930s film edition. 01 Jun 2018 ‘Frankenstein’ is 200 Susannah 2 Comments
Books, Newsletter, Reading "The Honest Bookshop" in Hay on Wye, Wales, UK. 01 Jun 2018 Book Towns In 1961 a man called Richard Booth opened a second hand bookshop in the unused fire station in a little… Susannah 13 Comments
Books, Newsletter, Reading Hitler with staff, May or June 1940 01 Jun 2018 Children of the Nazis In 2016 the Baillie Gifford Prize for a non-fiction book was awarded to East West Street by Philippe Sands. I… Susannah 6 Comments
Books, Jane Austen, Newsletter, Reading My little free library 01 May 2018 My Little Free Library I am now the proud owner of a Little Free Library and have been so enjoying it. It stands outside… Susannah 14 Comments
Books, Newsletter, Reading 'Patented Hammocks', R. Fideau 01 Apr 2018 Birthdays and Books Birthdays often bring some nice books as presents, but they also bring a reminder that there is less and less… Susannah 23 Comments
Authors, Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions, tours Astrid Lindgren around 1960 01 Apr 2018 The Life and Writings of Astrid Lindgren Susannah 18 Comments
Books, Newsletter, Recommended Reading Tomalin, Eyres & Hill memoirs 01 Apr 2018 Memoirs to Read I have read some excellent memoirs recently and can recommend them all: - A Life of My Own by Claire… Susannah 16 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter, tours Sydney Writers Walk 01 Apr 2018 Sydney Writers Walk Susannah 4 Comments
Books, Newsletter The Open Book - a bookshop holiday 01 Mar 2018 A Shelf-Catering Holiday Susannah 13 Comments
Authors, Books, Newsletter Book of Common Prayer with two fore-edged paintings. 01 Mar 2018 Have You Ever Seen a Fore-edged Book? Have you ever seen a fore-edged book? Generally I feel that a book is a wonderfully complete object in itself,… Susannah No Comments
