HomeBlog The Wordsworth Blog Articles from a range of guest contributors Jan13 AuthorBookPoetry Blogs ‘There was no possibility of taking a walk that day’[1] To celebrate midwinter, Sally Minogue looks at some of the ways writers have drawn inspiration from winter weather. As I… Read More Jan4 AuthorBook New release: The Sun Also Rises The hard-boiled paradox: Stefania Ciocia looks into her soft spot for Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises “How did you go… Read More Dec22 AuthorBookNews Woman of Stone M.R. James, Mark Gatiss, and the Evolution of the BBC’s Ghost Stories for Christmas Woman of Stone ‘The ghost is… Read More Dec17 AuthorBookClassic ‘The great floodgates of the wonder-world swung open’ Sally Minogue examines the ‘wonder-world’ of Herman Melville’s great novel Moby Dick. ‘Call me Ishmael’: is there a more famous… Read More Nov30 AuthorBook Classic of the Week: Nicholas Nickleby David Ellis looks at Charles Dickens’ third novel. Classic of the Week: Nicholas Nickleby If there were a prize for… Read More Nov7 AuthorBookNews ‘He do the Police in different voices’ As Charles Dickens’ last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend, is adapted for BBC Radio 4, Sally Minogue looks at the… Read More
