#William Shakespeare

An Exercise in Interrogating My Bookshelves

A little while ago,  I saw this comic published by the amazing Tom Gauld. And I looked at it and ...

12 Dead Authors You Should Follow On Twitter

In an effort to preserve and/or satirize the words of great authors of yesteryear, many have set up Twitter accounts ...

Twitter for Poetry Lovers: 12 Accounts You Should Follow

In this fast-paced electronic age, poetry is severely undervalued and under read. Luckily, some poetry fans have taken their passion ...

Bookish Valentines for Your Literary Love

I have been trawling Etsy for the best bookish Valentines cards to share with your favourite reader (or readers — ...

10 More Fabulous TV Author Cameos

The Live Ones Colin Dexter | Inspector Morse Collin Dexter appeared in most of the thirty-three Inspector Morse episodes and later in ...

10 Fabulous TV Author Cameos

Castle | Stephen J. Cannell, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, & James Patterson In season three, episode twenty-one (“The Dead Pool”) ...

Oscar Watch: Will the Real Will Please Stand Up?

We’re coming down to the wire this week with the Oscar ceremony airing this Sunday. And I’m on the homestretch ...

Casting “Downton Abbey” from Literature: Upstairs

Hardcore Downtonites (and I use the term “hardcore” deliberately–what is “Downton Abbey” if not porn for Anglophiles?) like me have ...