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Are you a Bibliophile?

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Hello bibliophiles...for some months I've needed to press the Pause button on this blog as other life priorities took precedence.    But here I am again, coincidentally, with the upcoming annual Byron Writer's Festival that promises us lively conversations, workshops and talks.    My recent dive into a fascinating book from my library ' Women Who Love Books Too Much: Bibliophiles, Bluestockings & Prolific Pens from the Algonquin Hotel to the YA-YA Sisterhood , by author Brenda Knight, inspired me to start a book discussion group on this same topic.  An yes, I'm a Bibliophile like Brenda! Though I've read about and studied many of the women in this book, there are many more who I hadn't heard of.  Could other women be interested as well, in learning and discussing them in a group? Brenda pays tribute to a range of pioneering women who've paved the way for us. Many escaped the public eye, some survived jailing, name-calling, reje