literature

  1. Pamela Jo

    Fanfare! A tiny trumpet trill- Thru to the next round of the Old Fogey SF Competition

    Hi Pamela, It's my pleasure to notify you that your submission has moved forward to the second round of jury deliberations for the SLF's Older Writers Grants. We hope to have a final decision for you soon, but we are currently working through a higher than usual number of applications. Please...
  2. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Happiness can exist....

    "Happiness can exist only in acceptance." George Orwell
  3. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Literature is....

    Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando Pessoa
  4. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Literature is....

    Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from one generation to the next. Books save lives." Laurie Anderson
  5. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Literature is....

    "Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none." Jules Renard
  6. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Literature is mostly....

    "Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children, life is the other way round." David Lodge
  7. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Literature offers feelings....

    Literature offers feelings for which we don’t have to pay. It allows us to love, condemn, hope, dread, and hate without any of the risks those feelings ordinarily involve. Janet Burroway
  8. Katie-Ellen

    Banned for the Effing and Blinding

    Trouble at a school in Florida sparked by effing, blinding and blasphemy in 'The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night', by Mark Haddon. I have given this book to a private pupil of mine to read, extra to her English GCSE curriculum activities. I trust her father (a very correct gentleman...
  9. Katie-Ellen

    Podcast: How To Write a London Novel

    PODCAST With Will Self and other London writers. Ben Aaronovitch could get a mention. Reviewers who say they don't read fantasy have also said they have read Rivers of London for his wonderful portraiture of streets they know: London Books are big business, and London's open for Business...
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