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01 Feb 2020
Susannah Books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions 54 Comments Permalink
Rose Williams as Charlotte and Theo James as Sidney in ‘Sanditon’ 2019
Rose Williams as Charlotte and Theo James as Sidney in ‘Sanditon’ 2019

The Rights of Film Makers

Susannah 1 February 2020 54 Comments
I have recently been pondering the rights of film makers when they turn a classic novel into a movie or TV series. Read more

01 Feb 2020
Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 14 Comments Permalink
Harry Potter plays Quidditch
Harry Potter plays Quidditch

Sport in Novels

Susannah 1 February 2020 14 Comments
Reading Beartown this month, and spending time watching the Australian Open tennis, has made me think about great sporting moments in novels. Read more

01 Feb 2020
Susannah Authors, Books, Newsletter, Reading 12 Comments Permalink
Recent Books I've read

Books I’ve read recently

Susannah 1 February 2020 12 Comments
I have read some lovely books recently which I’d like to recommend. I hope you’ll find some of these interesting and read them also. Read more

01 Jan 2020
Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 16 Comments Permalink
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple,

Jenny Joseph & Warning

Susannah 1 January 2020 16 Comments
I have a significant birthday this year, so a poem about ageing disgracefully seems rather appropriate. This one is by Jenny Joseph (1932 – 2018). Read more

01 Jan 2020
Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 8 Comments Permalink
Statue of George Eliot at Nuneaton
Statue of George Eliot at Nuneaton

George Eliot turns 200

Susannah 1 January 2020 8 Comments
George Eliot turned 200 on 22nd November 2019. Virginia Woolf once described Middlemarch as “one of the few English novels written for grown-up people”. Read more

01 Jan 2020
Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 14 Comments Permalink
Books to read
Books to read

My 2019 Favourites

Susannah 1 January 2020 14 Comments
Each January I give you my list of Top Ten books of the year just ended. It’s always terribly hard deciding Read more

01 Jan 2020
Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 2 Comments Permalink
Gold bars
Gold bars

Forbes ‘Fictional 15’

Susannah 1 January 2020 2 Comments
I am sure you must have heard of the Forbes List, an annual listing of the world’s wealthiest billionaires? Read more

01 Dec 2019
Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 15 Comments Permalink
Northland NZ beach in the rain

Hone Tuwhare & ‘Rain’

Susannah 1 December 2019 15 Comments
Today’s newspaper included a photo of some young children in rural Australia jumping in puddles of rain that had just fallen. In this terrible time of drought, a poem about rain has extra resonance. Read more

01 Dec 2019
Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 19 Comments Permalink
BBC Arts panel, 100 Novels That Shaped Our World,
The BBC Arts panel.

BBC’s 100 Novels that Shaped our World

Susannah 1 December 2019 19 Comments
When I was about 15 my English teacher handed out lists of the books that we should have read if we were to consider ourselves a well-read person. Read more

01 Dec 2019
Susannah Books, Newsletter, Reading 6 Comments Permalink
Deepest condolences
A Good Obituary

A Good Obituary

Susannah 1 December 2019 6 Comments
I always enjoy reading a well-written obituary. My favourite one from 2019 was published in The Times in June, and concerned a legal professor named Sir Guenter Treitel, QC. Read more

01 Nov 2019
Susannah Newsletter, Reading 9 Comments Permalink
Dove Cottage
Dove Cottage, home of William Wordsworth

Living Where The Poets Lived

Susannah 1 November 2019 9 Comments
In April next year it will be poet William Wordsworth’s 250th birthday. Dove Cottage (pictured above), Read more

01 Nov 2019
Susannah Newsletter, Reading 2 Comments Permalink
Netflix - Inside Bill's Brain
Netflix - Inside Bill's Brain

Enriched by Reading

Susannah 1 November 2019 2 Comments
I have recently been watching a fascinating Netflix series called ‘Inside Bill’s Brain’ Read more

01 Nov 2019
Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 4 Comments Permalink
Claude Monet, The Thames Below Westminster

Oscar Wilde & Symphony in Yellow

Susannah 1 November 2019 4 Comments

An omnibus across the bridge
Crawls like a yellow butterfly
And, here and there, a passer-by

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01 Oct 2019
Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 48 Comments Permalink
Italians in Naples dance the Tarantella,

Hilaire Belloc & Tarantella

Susannah 1 October 2019 48 Comments

Do you remember an Inn,
Miranda?
Do you remember an Inn?

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01 Oct 2019
Susannah Newsletter, Reading 13 Comments Permalink
Reading a book
Do you weep over books?

Do you weep over books?

Susannah 1 October 2019 13 Comments
As a child I regularly wept over books. The death of Beth in Little Women, of Matthew Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables, Read more

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