3 hours ago by kitty

Poet Colleen Thibaudeau, the widow of playwright James Reaney, died on February 6, 2012 at University Hospital in London, Ontario after a series of strokes. Colleen had a long history with Brick Books and we are proud to have published 3 of her books – The Artemesia Book: Poems Selected and New (199 ...

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1 day ago by Neil

From low to high doth dissolution climb, And sink from high to low, along a scale Of awful notes, whose concord shall not fail: A musical but melancholy chime, Which they can hear who meddle not with crime, Nor avarice, nor over-anxious care. Truth fails not; but her outward forms that bear The long ...

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1 day ago by Rebecca Reid

In Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park (published 1814), Fanny Price was the oldest daughter of a poor family, sent at age 10 to live with her generous and wealthy Bertram cousins. Yet, in the lovely Mansfield Park, Fanny was constantly reminded of her lesser status and spent her days for the most part ass ...

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3 days ago by Neil

Not one to use words lightly is Simon Leys, but that is what he wrote of D H Lawrence’s Kangaroo in The New York Review of Books in 1994. Lawrence arrived in Australia almost by chance; his stay lasted merely three months; he barely got to know half a dozen Australians and only examined a [...]

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3 days ago by moi

i've decided and commenced on reading 'vile bodies' for my english lit coursework, hopefully comparing it to ts eliot poems it was either that or reading alice's adventures in wonderland which obviously i am not opposed to doing again hahaha Lyrics: don't you remember / adele

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3 days ago by The Desk

INDIAN EXPRESS: On Tuesday, the world of literature paid homage to Charles Dickens on his 200th birth anniversary. In Pune, students and staff of the Department of English, Nowrosjee Wadia College, organised a day of celebrations to remember the creator of Nicholas Nickleby, Oliver Twist and David C ...

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4 days ago by Neil

Yes I am hooked. And the last is the literary anniversary I mentioned yesterday. It’s ninety years since D H Lawrence wrote Kangaroo, famously after a sojourn in Thirroul just north of Wollongong. This inspired a wonderful series by Artist Garry Shead. It is also the 50th anniversary of my first rea ...

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4 days ago by M

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5 days ago by Neil

Coming up is the anniversary of the fall of Singapore in 1942. I don’t recall that but it certainly affected some people I have known very directly and all of my generation in one way or another. Of course less well known is the fact that I was conceived in 1942. Then there is 1952 [...]

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5 days ago by amandafesta

Looking for a literary adventure to kick off 2012? February 7th marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens. With celebrations going on around the globe, there is no excuse not to toast to the birth of the literary great. With a website dedicated to promoting the events far and wide, ...

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