01 Dec 2020

Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 2 Comments Permalink

John Keats & Bright Star

Susannah 1 December 2020 2 Comments

And here’s another Christmas present for you! Do you love superb language, a sexy actor, one of the best literary locations in the entire world, Read more

01 Dec 2020

Susannah Books, Newsletter 25 Comments Permalink

Discarding books

Susannah 1 December 2020 25 Comments

A common task during the months of being stuck at home because of Covid has been sorting and culling books. Read more

24 Nov 2020

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Talks by Zoom

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Even if you can’t get there in person, you can still see and hear my talks. Read more

01 Nov 2020

Susannah Authors, Books, Newsletter 2 Comments Permalink

Bush Noir

Susannah 1 November 2020 2 Comments

Are you familiar with the term ‘Bush Noir’? Read more

01 Nov 2020

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Travel, Tea and Talks

Susannah 1 November 2020 5 Comments

You’ve told me you love listening to my talks, and I know you love to travel with me on literary tours. Read more

01 Nov 2020

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Treat Yourself before the New Year

Susannah 1 November 2020 No Comments

It’s time to treat yourself or buy a gift for a literary friend. Now is the time to stock up on my products because I must raise prices from 1st January 2021. Read more

01 Nov 2020

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Gerard Manley Hopkins & Spring

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Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844 – 1889) was an English poet and also a Jesuit priest. He was an original and innovative poet, Read more

01 Nov 2020

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Bill Bryson retiring?

Susannah 1 November 2020 3 Comments

On the very day I finished listening to an excellently read audio version of The Road to Little Dribbling, I heard that Bill Bryson had announced his retirement as an author. Read more

01 Nov 2020

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Olivia Laing’s ‘To The River’

Susannah 1 November 2020 2 Comments

A recent reading treat was Olivia Laing’s To The River (thank you to Catherine for lending it to me), a beautifully written book which is part meditation, part travel, and part history book. Read more

01 Nov 2020

Susannah Books, Newsletter, Screen versions 12 Comments Permalink

Enid Blyton’s ‘Malory Towers’

Susannah 1 November 2020 12 Comments

Break out the ginger beer, whip up lashings of cream to go on scones, and prepare for jolly hockey sticks and a simply smashing time Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Books, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions 28 Comments Permalink

Colin Firth and that shirt

Susannah 1 October 2020 28 Comments

It’s hard to believe, and makes me feel rather old, but it is now a quarter of a century since Colin Firth in a white shirt dived into a lake, Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions, Talks 8 Comments Permalink

The Secret Garden 2020

Susannah 1 October 2020 8 Comments

I went the other day to watch the movie of The Secret Garden, based on the much-loved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read more

01 Oct 2020

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The House by the Lake

Susannah 1 October 2020 8 Comments

I do love to read history told in an accurate and highly readable way, and that’s exactly what you get with British author, Thomas Harding. Read more

01 Oct 2020

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Black Beauty

Susannah 1 October 2020 16 Comments

Two hundred years ago this year a woman was born in Norfolk who would bring about an interesting change in fiction. Read more

01 Oct 2020

Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 9 Comments Permalink

William Carlos Williams & This Is Just to Say

Susannah 1 October 2020 9 Comments

American poet William Carlos Williams (1883 – 1963) was a paediatrician, and a poet who did much to promote the development of modern poetry in America. Read more