Are you a Bibliophile?
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-cal...