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Would you be more likely to buy a thriller by someone called ‘Alison Potter’, or by someone called ‘Ali Knight’? An interesting consideration of how writers choose pen names.
The Symbolism Survey, undertaken by a high school student in the 1960s.
Some famous authors who weren’t too bad at other arts, either.
Different editions and covers of Moby Dick, from a single collection.
The smell of old books, explained.
Movember may be over, but we can remember it with a look at some luxurious literary moustaches.
A few examples of beautiful book art.
Strange to think that we might be talking about Catch-11s, instead.
The city of Stuttgart in Germany has built an amazing new library.
Rejection letters are part of any writer’s life, but do they have to be so mean?
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Marjorie Bligh on the perfect Christmas gift
Marjorie Bligh on the perfect marriage
A favourite quotation from Marjorie Bligh
A favourite tip from Marjorie Bligh
Marjorie Bligh on the perfect Christmas
A Text bag takes a Roman holiday.
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The top ten books lost to time.
The Swedes have produced some pretty amazing book covers.
Spike Jonze has made a beautiful short film, featuring embroidered first editions gallivanting around the Shakespeare and Company Bookshop in Paris.
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Rodney Croome, renowned Tasmanian gay-rights activist and former Island editor, gave a moving speech to launch Danielle Wood’s Housewife Superstar: The Very Best of Marjorie Bligh, which he’s kindly allowed us to reproduce here.
It was a weekend of fanfare for Danielle Wood’s Housewife Superstar: The Very Best of Marjorie Bligh and the star of the book herself.
Marjorie Bligh, housewife superstar, offers a pronunciation guide to tricksy food terms:
Au gratin (or-grar-tan)
Bisque (bisk)
Bechamel (Beshamel)
Bolognese (bol-on-asee)
Bouillon (Boo-yawn)
Cafe au Lait (Kafay-o-lay)
Canape (can-a-pay)
Chantilly (shahnte-yi)
Coq Au Vin
