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LitBirthdays May 2013 - Week 2

litbirthdays wrote 2 weeks ago: May is Creative Beginnings month May 8 Beth Henley Gary Snyder Sirkka Hämäläinen   May 9 Nada E … more →

Tags: Authors, Books, Famous Birthdays, Literature, writing, authors birthdays, famous writers birthdays

LitBirthdays April 2013 - Week 3

litbirthdays wrote 1 month ago: April is poetry month April 15 Benjamin Zephaniah Leonardo da Vinci Henry James (David) Wiley Miller … more →

Tags: Authors, Books, Famous Birthdays, Literature, writing, authors birthdays, famous writers birthdays, poets birthdays, World Literature

How Fifty years in a fiction factory can change lives. 1 comment

callyphillips wrote 1 month ago: Not so long ago while browsing the web I came across a site asking people to post on ‘the book that … more →

Tags: Biography, creative jigsaws, eBook, herbert allingham, julia jones

LitBirthdays April 2013 - Week 1

litbirthdays wrote 1 month ago: April is poetry month   April 1 John Wilmot Susan Boyle Milan Kundera Edmond Rostand April 2 Joanna … more →

Tags: Authors, Books, Famous Birthdays, Literature, writing, poets birthdays, authors birthdays

The party is almost over... so we saved the best till last. 9 comments

callyphillips wrote 2 months ago: Brendan, I tip my hat to you – you are a man who casts a long shadow in the world of publishin … more →

Tags: eBook, mcstorytellers, brendan gisby, Scots Writing, The Bookie's Runner, The Island of Whispers, preservation of the olive branch, voices in ma heid

LitBirthdays March 2013 - Week 3

litbirthdays wrote 2 months ago: March 15 Ben Okri Veronica Maggio Will.i.am Madelyn Pugh March 16 Zoe Jenny Sully Prudhomme Richard … more →

Tags: Authors, Books, Famous Birthdays, Literature, writing, authors birthdays, famous writers birthdays

LitBirthdays March 2013 - Week 2

litbirthdays wrote 2 months ago: When I’m feeling blue, all I have to do Is take a look at you, then I’m not so blue When you’re clos … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, famous writers birthdays, authors birthdays

Augusto Boal and how not to be a spectator in life 2 comments

callyphillips wrote 2 months ago: He’s the man I waited all my life for. The man who changed my life for ever. The man who taught me n … more →

Tags: brecht, Augusto Boal, theatre of the oppressed, Forum theatre, Grotowski, Brenton, drama theory, drama practitioners

Menage a trois with Elizabeth Barrett Browning5 comments

callyphillips wrote 2 months ago: There’s three of us in this relationship. So today is the birthday of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Sh … more →

Tags: eBooks, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, sonnet

Haunted by William Godwin3 comments

callyphillips wrote 2 months ago: He won’t leave me alone. He finds me wherever I am. However much I try to forget him, he’s still the … more →

Tags: William Godwin, mary wolstonecraft, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Caleb Williams

A journey through life with John Steinbeck5 comments

callyphillips wrote 2 months ago: It’s John Steinbeck’s birthday today. He would have been 111 years old.  Steinbeck came with me and … more →

Tags: john steinbeck, The Grapes Of Wrath, f. scott fitzgerald, A River Runs Through It, The Little Prince, Great American Novel

LitBirthdays February 2013 - Week 4

litbirthdays wrote 3 months ago: “Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.”  (Jules … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, famous writers birthdays, authors birthdays

You made me love you...4 comments

callyphillips wrote 3 months ago: In my mid teens Bertolt Brecht was one of those people I thought might be a bad influence on me.  My … more →

Tags: Drama, brecht, stanislavski, Boal, stoppard, absurdism, Alienation-effect, Political theatre

Charles Dickens joins the party13 comments

callyphillips wrote 3 months ago: Here we are on Day 7 of the 50 Days of Celebration and it’s time to welcome Charles Dickens wh … more →

Tags: Publishing, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Oliver, david copperfield

LitBirthdays January 2013 - Week 4

litbirthdays wrote 4 months ago: January Is National Hobby Month January 23 Elvira Lindo Derek Walcott January 24 Marguerite Durand E … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, famous writers birthdays, authors birthdays

LitBirthdays December 16 - 22, 2012

litbirthdays wrote 5 months ago: Visit DempseyBooks! December is Universal Human Rights Month Go To Monday December 17 Tuesday Decemb … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, authors birthdays, World Literature

LitBirthdays December 9 - 15, 2012

litbirthdays wrote 5 months ago: Visit DempseyBooks! December is Universal Human Rights Month Go To Monday December 10 Tuesday Decemb … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, famous writers birthdays, authors birthdays

LitBirthdays December 2 - 8, 2012

litbirthdays wrote 5 months ago: Visit DempseyBooks! December is Universal Human Rights Month Go To Monday December 3 Tuesday Decembe … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, famous writers birthdays, poets birthdays, authors birthdays

LitBirthdays November 18 - 24, 2012

litbirthdays wrote 6 months ago: Visit DempseyBooks! November is Native American Heritage and International Drum Month Go To Monday N … more →

Tags: writing, Literature, Authors, Famous Birthdays, Books, famous writers birthdays, authors birthdays


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