Recommended Reading, reading, Newsletter, books Samuel Pepys diary manuscript volumes 01 Apr 2020 Plague Literature Susannah 9 Comments
reading, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma. (2020) 01 Mar 2020 ‘Emma.’ 2020 Susannah 68 Comments
Book of the Month, Monograph, Authors, Recommended Reading, Jane Austen, books Jane Austen - Emma 01 Feb 2019 Jane Austen & ‘Emma’ Susannah 22 Comments
Monograph, Authors, Recommended Reading, Newsletter Girl reading, 1879, by Charles Edward Perugini 01 Nov 2018 Great Reading Continues Early this year I launched my Year of Great Reading course, and many of you have been receiving a Literary… Susannah 2 Comments
Monograph, Recommended Reading, reading 03 Oct 2018 Literary Readers Guides for 2019 Come with me on a literary journey through 2019. Together we will explore a fabulous selection of 19th and 20th… Susannah 3 Comments
Screen versions, Authors, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter Keira Knightley in Colette (2018) 01 Aug 2018 Literary Films There are some forthcoming literary films for us to look forward to. ITV in Britain is to make an adaptation… Susannah 4 Comments
Authors, Jane Austen, Newsletter, books 1000 literary jigsaw 01 Feb 2018 Literary Jigsaw Puzzles I was so delighted the other day to discover that a new jigsaw puzzle featuring covers of various Jane Austen-related… Susannah 8 Comments
Authors, Jane Austen, Newsletter, books Amanda Root as Anne and Ciaran Hinds as Captain Wentworth, Persuasion, 1995 Movie adaptation 01 Feb 2018 ‘Persuasion’ – One of the World’s Great Love Stories How about celebrating Valentine’s Day this month by reading (hopefully re-reading) Jane Austen’s Persuasion which has just turned 200? Her… Susannah 24 Comments
Authors, Jane Austen, Newsletter, books Library at Westbrook Station, Queensland, ca. 1898 01 Jan 2018 People and their Bookcases We recently had some guests over for dinner who had never been in our house before. (Which, by the way… Susannah 37 Comments
Authors, Jane Austen, Newsletter Jane Austen bank note 01 Nov 2017 Writers On The Money Unless you are one of the lucky few, writing is not usually a lucrative profession. Many a writer has had… Susannah 6 Comments
Authors, Recommended Reading, Lectures, Talks, Newsletter, books The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 01 Oct 2017 The 18th Century – When the English Novel Began I am fascinated by the 18thC. It was bawdy, raucous and rough – the age of Hogarth and Fielding. Yet… Susannah 2 Comments
Screen versions, Authors, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter Venice – St Mark’s Square 01 Sep 2017 Film Adaptations of the Classics More filmed versions of classics we can look forward to include The Aspern Papers, a Henry James novel set in… Susannah 18 Comments
Media, Events, Jane Austen, Newsletter, books Jane Austen, colourised version of the 1873 re-engraving (cropped) 15 Jul 2017 “I have lost a treasure” wrote Cassandra “I have lost a treasure”, wrote Cassandra Austen on the death of her sister Jane. The literary world too lost… Susannah 14 Comments
Jane Austen, Newsletter, books Jane Austen Library 01 Jul 2017 Jane Austen’s Death “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love … Jane Austen” July is an extremely… Susannah 14 Comments
Newsletter, books What books make you laugh 01 Jun 2017 What Books Make You Laugh? Do you often laugh over books? I mean a real belly-laugh, with tears in your eyes? Humour is a very… Susannah 34 Comments
