Not a day goes by without something interesting happening in the world of books and writers. Here are some of the events that Susannah thinks are important.
Yesterday
13 November 1850: Robert Louis Stevenson is born. read more ...
Today
14 November 1907: Astrid Lindgren is born. read more ...
Tomorrow
15 November 1869: English poet Charlotte Mew is born. read more ...
What happened this month?
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118481848 WH Smith opens first railway bookstall
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219501950 George Bernard Shaw dies
| 3 | 418631863 William Makepeace Thackeray dies
| 5 | 615581558 Thomas Kyd is baptised
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| 9 | 10 | 1118431843 The Ugly Duckling is first published
| 12 | 1318501850 Robert Louis Stevenson is born
| 1419071907 Astrid Lindgren is born
| 1518691869 English poet Charlotte Mew is born
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| 16 | 17 | 1818651865 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is published
| 1919191919 Shakespeare and Company opens
| 2019101910 Leo Tolstoy dies
| 2117481748 One of the most banned books in history is published
| 2218191819 Mary Ann Evans is born
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2319901990 Roald Dahl dies
| 2419131913 Swann’s Way is published
| 25 | 2617311731 William Cowper is born
| 2715821582 William Shakespeare marries
| 2817571757 William Blake is born
| 2918321832 Louisa May Alcott is born
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