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“For it would seem that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person.” ― Virginia Woolf
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The Best Children’s and YA Books of October 2017: bit.ly/2gbp9qh @ReadBrightly
Congratulations to Kazuo Ishiguro for the Nobel Prize in Literature. A well deserved win! theguardian.com/books/2017/oct…
BON VOYAGE to our LVI English heading to the land of Beatrix Potter and Wordsworth. Remember to #fillyourpaperwiththebreathingsofyourheart!
Every day should be #RoaldDahlDay
Today is #RoaldDahlDay and will be celebrated with LEGO® brick builds of six of his much-loved child characters ---> bit.ly/2wZFKEX
LIV English will be here in THREE WEEKS! #lakestour #introductiontoAlevel #youngromanticsessayprize
Come and read Wordsworth in the landscape that inspired him. Stephen Gill blogs for us wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2017/04/2…
Miss H LOVED The Underground Railroad by @colsonwhitehead and Mr J was engaged by Francis Spufford's first novel golden Hill.
Mr W loved Tessa Hadley's Bad Dreams, whilst Dr Mc devoured The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson.
Summer Staff Reading: @MrsSpeedh read @ZadieSmithTweet Swingtime Mrs L was mesmerised by @rgay Hunger.
Welcome back to all girls after a glorious summer! This term is to be full of EXHILARATING English foibles, so let's get reading!!
Accessories have really changed since the 1800s.
Summer holidays is the perfect time to be idle, so have a go at a haiku, begin (and complete) a ballad. Just ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY!!!!!!
"#Poetry should only occupy the idle. In more serious affairs it would be ridiculous" Byron
“I don’t think anyone really knows how a story takes shape.” —Elena Ferrante theparisreview.org/interviews/637…
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Elena Ferrante, The Art of Fiction No. 228
“As a girl—twelve, thirteen years old—I was absolutely certain that a good book had to have a man as its hero, and that depressed me.”
#OTD 1814 the married Shelley and teenage Mary Godwin declare their mutual passion, possibly at her mother's grave
20 years ago today a world that I had lived in alone was suddenly open to others. It's been wonderful. Thank you. #HarryPotter20
1 more thing @MargaretAtwood and I have in common - Elizabeth standing down Lady CdB is our favourite moment in P&P! theguardian.com/books/2017/jun…
20 years today Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published. Thank you @jk_rowling #gryffindor4life #letsthrowayuleballtocelebrate
Monday = Short Story Day! Here is a melodic piece by William Trevor. newyorker.com/magazine/2017/…
There is more to Glasto than the mosh pit! A reading list to keep the music playing! theguardian.com/books/2017/jun…
In celebration of the Summer solstice and as a reprieve from the heat - poetry for your soul. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08…
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BBC Radio 4 - Four Seasons, Cut Grass by Philip Larkin; The Way through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling
Summer poems: Cut Grass by Philip Larkin and The Way through the Woods by Rudyard Kipling.
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