Bookish Birthdays: Emily Brontё

30 Saturday Jul 2011

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One of my favourite authors, Emily Jane Brontё, was born on this day, July 30th, in 1818. Read my birthday profile over at For Books’ Sake

More Brontё-related posts here

The Feminist Press

13 Wednesday Jul 2011

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Feminism, For Books' Sake, Independent Publishers, The Feminist Press

My article on The Feminist Press – the world’s most enduring women’s publisher, based at New York’s City University – is posted today at For Books’ Sake

Lives Like Loaded Guns

10 Friday Jun 2011

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Emily Dickinson, For Books' Sake, Lyndall Gordon, Ruta Sepetys

Two new reviews posted at For Books’ Sake this week: Lyndall Gordon’s literary biography, Lives Like Loaded Guns – Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds, and Between Shades of Gray, a novel for young adults set in wartime Eastern Europe, by first-time author Ruta Sepetys.