Tweet us today with author birthdays! July 26 George Bernard Shaw (b. 1856) – Irish playwright, novelist, essayist – Man and Superman Excerpt from Man and Superman THE DEVIL: An epoch is but a swing of the pendulum; and each … Continue reading
July 23 – Happy Birthday Dad Dempsey! Tweet us today for author birthdays! July 19 Garth Nix (b. 1963) – Australian fantasy novelist – Mister Monday (2003, Keys to the Kingdom series) Read / listen to this Australian … Continue reading
Tweet us today for author birthdays! July 12 Pablo Neruda (b. 1904) – Chilean poet Cold Frozen-faced, by the stripped trees, in the road’s glare, the white hour of matutinal frost. The cold of my pure hands, my heart’s savagery … Continue reading
TWEET LitBirthdays July 5 Veronica Guerin (b. 1958) – Irish investigative journalist Read a selection of news summaries about Guerin: https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/veronica-guerin and the Women’s Museum of Ireland biography: https://web.archive.org/web/20170326014904/http://womensmuseumofireland.ie/articles/veronica-guerin Read the comments of Guerin’s brother Jimmy in this 2016 article, … Continue reading
