01 Jan 2023

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My 2022 Favourites

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As always in January, I start the year by giving you my 10 favourite reads of the year just gone. These are the books I most enjoyed in 2022 (in alphabetical order, according to author): Read more

01 Dec 2022

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Do you find yourself skipping?

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To skip, or not to skip … that is the question. Read more

01 Dec 2022

Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 24 Comments Permalink

Marriott Edgar & The Lion and Albert

Susannah 1 December 2022 24 Comments

I thought I’d give you a bit of Christmas cheer, with the glorious poem about the lion eating young Albert. Read more

01 Dec 2022

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Book Addict Visits a Library – Princess Grace Irish Library

Susannah 1 December 2022 4 Comments

In the heart of an old street in Monaco is the fabulous Princess Grace Irish Library. Read more

01 Dec 2022

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Death by Shakespeare

Susannah 1 December 2022 6 Comments

Some friends tell me that they cannot read crime novels because there is too much violence in them. Read more

01 Dec 2022

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‘Tis the Season for Giving

Susannah 1 December 2022 4 Comments

December brings you Christmas greetings. As it’s the season for giving, I have gifts I hope you will enjoy. Read more

01 Dec 2022

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Christmas Book Flood

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Iceland has a wonderful tradition called Jolabokaflod (Christmas Book Flood), the giving and receiving of books on Christmas Eve. Read more

01 Nov 2022

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Thomas Hardy & In Church

Susannah 1 November 2022 4 Comments

Thomas Hardy was not a religious man. In Tess of the D’Urbervilles he makes it all too clear what he thinks of the minister who refuses to baptize Tess’s bastard child Read more

01 Nov 2022

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Book Addict Visits a Library – Chetham’s Library, Manchester

Susannah 1 November 2022 8 Comments

This month my friend Julie Sweeten has kindly contributed a piece on a superb library that she visited recently. Thank you, Julie. Read more

01 Nov 2022

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Dior in Literature

Susannah 1 November 2022 28 Comments

On a recent long flight I had the pleasure of watching the new and very delightful movie Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, starring Lesley Manville. Read more

01 Nov 2022

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Marcel Proust Centenary

Susannah 1 November 2022 4 Comments

On the 18th November 2022, it will be a century since the death of the great Marcel Proust. Considered to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century, Read more

01 Nov 2022

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My Special Dad

Susannah 1 November 2022 12 Comments

This month my very special Dad turns 90 and I’d like to celebrate that important event in my newsletter. Read more

01 Oct 2022

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The Johnson Society of Australia

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In late August I travelled to Melbourne to present the annual David Fleeman Lecture to the Johnson Society of Australia. Read more

01 Oct 2022

Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 18 Comments Permalink

Oodgeroo Noonuccal & Yussef (hi-jacker)

Susannah 1 October 2022 18 Comments

In my many visits to libraries and literary museums, I’ve seen poems written in tatty exercise books, on thick expensive paper, on the edge of a menu, on a piece of bark, and on various scraps of paper, Read more

01 Oct 2022

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The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Susannah 1 October 2022 6 Comments

In 1916 a man named Hugh Lofting was at the Western Front, enduring all its horrors. Read more