Literary Birthday – 24 August – Stephen Fry
Happy Birthday, Stephen Fry, born 24 August 1957
Dorothy Parker: On Writing
Enjoy these thoughts from American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist, Dorothy Parker on writing.
Quotable – Neil Gaiman
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Thesaurus Club
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Agatha Christie’s Childhood
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Book Review – Tell The Wolves I’m Home
by Carol Rifka Brunt (Pan MacMillan) ISBN: 9781447202134 Sibling rivalry, the taboo around AIDS in the eighties, and a teenager’s crush are central themes in Brunt’s first novel. The famous painter Finn Weiss made a portrait of his nieces, June and Greta during the last…
Book Review – Survival Training For Lonely Hearts
by Elana Bregin (Pan Macmillan) ISBN: 978 1 77010 234 7 Kate, aged 43, has a demanding job as book editor. She meets interesting writers like the one she has heated discussions with over the racial state of play in South Africa, and another who departs…