Royal Literary Fund Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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In this week's podcast, novelist, @sfletcherauthor, tells us about her life-changing literature: Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient.' 'The book transported me entirely. I would descend the stairs of the student house with Saharan sand in my hair.' https://t.co/FA0PbayOQX https://t.co/fwTJkMn7dy

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On the 30 July 1915 we gave James Joyce a grant of £75. It was worth every penny, as he was writing 'Ulysses'. Happy #Bloomsday! Let us know if we can help you Bloom too. We support professional writers who need financial help. https://t.co/K18jPbfAbx #JamesJoyce https://t.co/ezhQcZWPWP

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Vitali Vitaliev will give a talk to the @RGS_IBG based on his book, The Atlas of Geographical Curiosities, a glorious celebration of an unusual world, which explores ‘interesting, unexpected and... bizarre geographical curiosities’: https://t.co/czJkw8df8v

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Happy birthday Charlotte Brontë! #botd 1816, Charlotte was the oldest of the Brontë sisters and the author of 'Jane Eyre', 'Villette' and 'Shirley'. What's your favourite Charlotte Brontë quote? #CharlotteBronte #JaneEyre #AmReading https://t.co/e0rQGVtKQW

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@britishlibrary has acquired an unpublished chapter from Arthur Conan Doyle's final Professor Challenger novel: 'arguably the most sensational & prurient episode' which renders it 'a key document for scholars of Doyle's gender politics' @BLEnglish_Drama https://t.co/7yPvUF1Jvi https://t.co/iKRxW3iW1m

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'My book was journeying out from the secure enclave of my readers—mostly family, friends & editors–to The Public, who were people I did not know.' Novelist @SydMoore1 on critical #rejection https://t.co/y5YcSsYCWE #WritersLife #AuthorsLife #AmWriting #podcasts #fiction #novel https://t.co/UKSeqOvrGu

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In 'The Dead', James Joyce writes: 'I think Christmas is never really Christmas unless we have the snow on the ground.' Joyce is one of the many wonderful writers we've supported with a grant. We are here for you too, if you need our help https://t.co/K18jPbfAbx #AmWriting https://t.co/rTu488LTY8

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'Even though it's fiction, this book gives a good idea of what young black males particularly can go through.' Novelist @milliemurray58 on her favourite YA book, 'The Hate U Give' by @angiecthomas What's your favourite children's book and why? https://t.co/v4sYu0aqsq https://t.co/tkZRXlgSMZ

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'You're drawn by the sentences across the lines, across the sentences. You're travelling with him' In our new #Poetry Break #podcast, @GreeningPoet & @JuliaCopus discuss Edward Thomas's #poems 'The Owl' and 'Addlestrop' https://t.co/7o3SCNT4Ez #poem #amreading #poetrylovers https://t.co/I9C2Bl7CVw

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This is the iconic opening line from Daphne du Maurier's classic novel, 'Rebecca'. Du Maurier, #botd 1907, set much of her fiction in Cornwall. What's your favourite Daphne du Maurier quote? #quotte #DaphneduMaurier https://t.co/YXoKiEQsfp

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