01 Dec 2022

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Christmas Book Flood

Susannah 1 December 2022 14 Comments

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

01 Nov 2022

Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 4 Comments Permalink

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

01 Oct 2022

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Book Addict Visits a Library – Fryer Library, University of Queensland

Susannah 1 October 2022 2 Comments

It was a real joy on a recent tour to visit the Fryer Library, one of the University of Queensland’s great treasures. Read more

01 Oct 2022

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Biopics

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Emily Brontë’s life has always fascinated me, so I was interested to learn that there’s a new biopic coming about the strangest of the famous sisters. Read more

01 Oct 2022

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The Ink Black Heart

Susannah 1 October 2022 24 Comments

I have just finished reading The Ink Black Heart, the sixth book in Robert Galbraith’s Cormoran Strike series. Read more

01 Sep 2022

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Persuasion 2022

Susannah 1 September 2022 46 Comments

It’s been a little while since there has been a new Jane Austen film adaptation to watch, and for some time I was really looking forward to the new Netflix version of Persuasion. Read more

01 Sep 2022

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

John Magee & High Flight

Susannah 1 September 2022 18 Comments

John Gillespie Magee Jr was a fighter pilot with the Royal Canadian Airforce in WWII. He was killed in 1941 in an accidental mid-air collision in England. Read more

01 Sep 2022

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Book Addict Visits a Library – Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra, Portugal

Susannah 1 September 2022 12 Comments

This month my friend and fellow bibliophile, Chris Browne, has kindly sent me the following on one of his favourite libraries. Read more