Around the world in bookish news: Book Jackets Go Live and Other Stories
The news from the world literature are as follows: 1. Classic book jackets come to life – in pictures- Oh my God, they are alive! 2. Salman Rushdie: The Curse…
Around the world in bookish news: Rushdie’s Latest Novel and Other Stories
A new round of bookish news is here: 1. Newly discovered Dickens notes solve Victorian authorship mystery- Among the All Year Round contributors, we can find Lewis Carroll and a…
Around the world in bookish news: Cracking Christie’s Mysteries and Other Stories
Every morning around 8 o'clock, I sit at my desk with a cup of coffee in my hand. I turn on my laptop and I browse Facebook and Twitter in…
The Yellow Wallpaper and the story of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Being a frequent visitor of street booksellers near my faculty, Great Short Stories by American Women edited by Candace Ward immediately caught my attention when I noticed…
Happy birthday, Emily Brontë!
On this day in 1818, a renowned British novelist and poet, Emily Brontë was born. To pay homage to Brontë's enormous writing talent, we compiled a list of little-known, yet interesting…
Houses of famous writers
Have you ever wondered where your favourite author wrote his/her works? I collected 5 houses of famous writers. From Connecticut to Hampshire, each house has a story to tell. Some of them were the places where the greatest novels and poems were created. Let’s begin.
The 5 longest novels ever written
Ever since the post in which we dealt with the 45 brilliant books under 200 pages, I wanted to make a completely opposite list. Fancy a challenge? Here are the…