01 Sep 2025 Susannah Literary Pets, Newsletter No Comments Permalink Gérard de Nerval & Thibault Literary Pets – Thibault the lobster Susannah 1 September 2025 No Comments Poet, translator and essayist, Gérard de Nerval (whose actual name was Gérard Labrunie) was an important literary figure Read more
01 Sep 2025 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month 8 Comments Permalink Mother to Son Langston Hughes & Mother to Son Susannah 1 September 2025 8 Comments American poet Langston Hughes (1901 – 1967) was of mixed race heritage. His great-grandmothers were Read more
01 Aug 2025 Susannah Books, Newsletter 3 Comments Permalink Great Writers & the Cats who Owned Them by Susannah Fullerton My new book, Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them Susannah 1 August 2025 3 Comments The excitement is building for my new book, Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them, which will arrive very soon! Read more
01 Aug 2025 Susannah Books, Newsletter 3 Comments Permalink C.S. Harris, Author American Novelist C.S. Harris Susannah 1 August 2025 3 Comments For a long plane flight or a holiday, I think there is no better reading than a crime novel. Read more
01 Aug 2025 Susannah Books, Newsletter 3 Comments Permalink The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street by Annie Gray The Bookshop, the Draper, the Candlestick Maker Susannah 1 August 2025 3 Comments The British High Street has always been something of an institution, and I’ve been sad on recent visits to Britain to see empty shops, Read more
01 Aug 2025 Susannah Literary Pets, Newsletter No Comments Permalink A new sculpture shaped like Ibsen and filled with props from his most famous plays. Literary Pets – The Scorpion without a name Susannah 1 August 2025 No Comments In 1864, Henrik Ibsen was living in Rome. He was yet to make his name as a playwright, but was starting work on a play named Brand, Read more
01 Aug 2025 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month 1 Comment Permalink Aldous Huxley, Song of Poplars Aldous Huxley & Song of Poplars Susannah 1 August 2025 1 Comment Aldous Huxley (1894 – 1963), who came from a distinguished literary family, is best remembered for such novels as Brave New World Read more
22 Jul 2025 Susannah Newsletter 1 Comment Permalink Fanny Burney & Evelina Trailblazing Women of Literature Susannah 22 July 2025 1 Comment Meet the early trailblazing women of world literature in this exciting new lecture series at the State Library of NSW. Read more
01 Jul 2025 Susannah Books, Newsletter 3 Comments Permalink Bookish by Lucy Mangan How Reading Shapes Our Lives Susannah 1 July 2025 3 Comments Oh bliss, oh joy! As soon as I spotted a new memoir by English author Lucy Mangan, about her love of books, I knew this was a book I just had to own. Read more
01 Jul 2025 Susannah Books, Newsletter 3 Comments Permalink The Private Lives of the Tudors Plunge into Tudor History Susannah 1 July 2025 3 Comments When young I watched two fabulous Tudor dramas created by the BBC. Read more
01 Jul 2025 Susannah Newsletter 3 Comments Permalink Alices Oxford by Peter Hunt How Oxford shaped classic books Susannah 1 July 2025 3 Comments Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are two of the most famous fantasies in world literature, Read more
01 Jul 2025 Susannah Literary Pets, Newsletter 5 Comments Permalink Beatrix Potter and Peter Piper Literary Pets – Peter Piper the rabbit Susannah 1 July 2025 5 Comments It will come as no surprise to learn that Beatrix Potter was fond of rabbits. Read more
01 Jul 2025 Susannah Newsletter, Poem of the Month 6 Comments Permalink Andrew Marvell, To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell & To His Coy Mistress Susannah 1 July 2025 6 Comments Andrew Marvell (1621 – 1678) was a metaphysical poet and also a politician who was involved in the Puritan government of Oliver Cromwell. Read more
01 Jun 2025 Susannah Newsletter 6 Comments Permalink The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Beginning with Geoffrey Chaucer Susannah 1 June 2025 6 Comments My passion for English Literature really begins with Geoffrey Chaucer. Read more
01 Jun 2025 Susannah Newsletter No Comments Permalink The Leopard, Netflix The Leopard on Netflix Susannah 1 June 2025 No Comments In 1958, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard was published. Its author was not alive to see his book in print, Read more
