Monthly Archive for: ‘November, 2016’

Sixteen fabulous short stories I read in 2016
By MLJ
on November 27, 2016

Sixteen fabulous short stories I read in 2016

Some of these stories were published this year but some are much older. All are my top picks from the stories I read in 2016. 1. ‘The Quiet’ by Carys Davies This story, set in a remote Australia, is breathtaking. A young wife reluctantly invites her neighbour into her home and the consequences are both

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Sixteen great quotes from the poetry I read in November 2016
By MLJ
on November 18, 2016

Sixteen great quotes from the poetry I read in November 2016

Here’s my project. I read a poem a day, imbibe its rhythms and use this as an inspiration for my own writing. Because it’s 2016, I’ll choose 16 quotes from 16 of these poems to feature on A Bigger Brighter World so you’ll get to enjoy a taste of them too. That’s 16 poems a

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