Memoir
Everyone has
a book in them, it’s said, but as Martin Amis noted in his memoir Experience
(2000), what everyone seems to have in them “is not a novel but a memoir …
An
interesting article in the Guardian about Memoir published in 2019 but worth a
read…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/14/the-naked-truth-how-to-write-a-memoir
Words for the Day
Abecedarian
(adj) Alphabetically arranged
Abecedarian
(noun) A novice learning the rudiments of some subject
Abecedarian
(noun) a 16th Century sect of Anabaptists centred in Germany who
had an absolute disdain for knowledge
Abecedarius –
A special form of acrostic in which the first letters or strophe or verse
follows the order of the letters in the alphabet – A, B, C…
Strophe - A strophe (/ˈstroʊfiː/) is a poetic term originally referring to the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode. The term has been extended to also mean a structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length. Strophic poetry is to be contrasted with poems composed line-by-line non-stanzaically, such as Greek epic poems or English blank verse, to which the term stichic applies.
Library
Check out Pressreader
for accessing newspapers, magazines and more online
- Press Reader offers thousands of national, provincial, and global newspapers with 90 days of back issues.
- Newspapers from over 100 countries in 60 languages can be read in your browser on any device.
- A range of popular magazines is also available
- To gain free access click 'Sign in', use the 'Library or Group' button, search 'Lancashire' and enter you library card number. See how to sign in.
- This will give you 30 days free access which can be continually renewed by signing in again.
- Apps are also available for you to read on your phone or tablet - Get the app (external link)
- Find out more about using PressReader in our library academy (external link)
- Podcasts etc
An interesting Joanna Penn Blog post and Podcast - The
Tools And Services I Use In My Author Business
https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2023/04/07/the-tools-and-services-i-use-in-my-author-business/
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