biography

<p>Who is that, so insistently tapping at my chamber door?</p><p>Something suitably spooky is coming to <a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>inquisitivebiologist.com</a> this <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#Halloween</a>... For now, here is a quick progress shot while you all wait for the next <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> to drop. I&#x27;m about halfway in.<br> <br><a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>“Connection reaches into Rodge’s work not just as a responsibility, but through his writing method as well”</p><p>SNACK Magazine speaks to Rodge Glass about moving to Glasgow, first meeting Alasdair Gray, &amp; his latest book Joshua in the Sky: A Blood Memoir</p><p><a href="https://snackmag.co.uk/rodge-glass-looks-back-to-moving-to-glasgow-first-meeting-alasdair-gray-and-latest-novel-joshua-in-the-sky-a-blood-memoir-interview" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="snackmag.co.uk/rodge-glass-looks-back-to-moving-to-glasgow-first-meeting-alasdair-gray-and-latest-novel-joshua-in-the-sky-a-blood-memoir-interview"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snackmag.co.uk/rodge-glass-loo</span><span class="invisible">ks-back-to-moving-to-glasgow-first-meeting-alasdair-gray-and-latest-novel-joshua-in-the-sky-a-blood-memoir-interview</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/lifewriting/" rel="tag">#lifewriting</a></p>

<p>读过 Who Was Bob Marley? <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_empty.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_empty:" title=":star_empty:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_empty.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_empty:" title=":star_empty:"> <br><a href="https://neodb.social/book/1iUVVgQMPLoVFAuNxVI67b" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="neodb.social/book/1iUVVgQMPLoVFAuNxVI67b"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neodb.social/book/1iUVVgQMPLoV</span><span class="invisible">FAuNxVI67b</span></a><br>原来 Bob Marley 就是 Reggae 的始祖啊，这本小传写了他贫民窟的出身，单亲家庭的环境，还有宗教信仰和后来结识的音乐伙伴，但没有写到他那些经典歌曲的创作过程。三十六岁就早逝了（因为踢足球感染），但留下了十三个孩子（有些是收养），来自八个不同的母亲，渣是能遗传的，他白爹六十多岁“爱”上了少女时代的他妈，等到她十八岁时娶了她，没多久就抛妻弃子，知道这点对他音乐观感降低了些。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/gregory/" rel="tag">#gregory</a> copeland <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://neodb.social/book/1iUVVgQMPLoVFAuNxVI67b" rel="nofollow">Who Was Bob Marley?</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>原来 Bob Marley 就是 Reggae 的始祖啊，这本小传写了他贫民窟的出身，单亲家庭的环境，还有宗教信仰和后来结识的音乐伙伴，但没有写到他那些经典歌曲的创作过程。三十六岁就早逝了（因为踢足球感染），但留下了十三个孩子（有些是收养），来自八个不同的母亲，渣是能遗传的，他白爹六十多岁“爱”上了少女时代的他妈，等到她十八岁时娶了她，没多久就抛妻弃子，知道这点对他音乐观感降低了些。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/gregory/" rel="tag">#gregory</a> copeland <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a><br></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://neodb.social/book/5IKGvglDHsqJuD7E4ndBee" rel="nofollow">Who Is Nathan Chen?</a> 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑 <br>建议这个系列不要急着给这些刚成名、非常年轻且还活着的名人出传记，人家人生还有很长一段路要走呢，这么早给人立传是要预言人家不会再突破现今的成就啦？看完这本（很薄），印象只有妈妈开 10 小时的车送他到加州训练，他现在在耶鲁念统计与数据科学专业。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/gregory/" rel="tag">#gregory</a> copeland <a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a><br></p>

<p>A biography I read largely in honour of my late father brought up the halfway mark in my <a href="/tags/deanstreetdecember/" rel="tag">#DeanStreetDecember</a><br><a href="https://robinwalter31.blogspot.com/2025/12/ten-from-ten-dean-street-december-iv.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="robinwalter31.blogspot.com/2025/12/ten-from-ten-dean-street-december-iv.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robinwalter31.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/12/ten-from-ten-dean-street-december-iv.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#nonfiction</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/cricket/" rel="tag">#cricket</a> <a href="/tags/arsenal/" rel="tag">#Arsenal</a><br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://neodb.social/book/5sfZy5jqEBYtKCmgk1vUVO" rel="nofollow">Who Is Taylor Swift?</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>作为 Who is ... 系列（还在生的人）的作品，这本明显多了很多细节，毕竟她能写的事迹也比同龄人多很多，该提及的大事件都有，而且有写到她如何从始至终想方设法（包括运用互联网技术）拉近与歌迷的距离，成就她坚不可摧的粉丝基础。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a> <a href="/tags/美国/" rel="tag">#美国</a> <a href="/tags/音乐/" rel="tag">#音乐</a><br></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://neodb.social/book/7BOLSvvWzDCbXcfVPzVu97" rel="nofollow">Who Was Salvador Dalí?</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>没想到达利还是蛮英俊的，出身很好，天赋很好，与缪斯 Gala Dalí 间充满争议的一生牵绊，与家族其他成员的决裂。传记里回顾一些二十世纪初的现代艺术思潮和那些代表人物跟他的交集，艺术圈果然很小。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a><br></p>

<p>读过 Who Was Salvador Dalí? <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_empty.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_empty:" title=":star_empty:"> <br><a href="https://neodb.social/book/7BOLSvvWzDCbXcfVPzVu97" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="neodb.social/book/7BOLSvvWzDCbXcfVPzVu97"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neodb.social/book/7BOLSvvWzDCb</span><span class="invisible">XcfVPzVu97</span></a><br>没想到达利还是蛮英俊的，出身很好，天赋很好，与缪斯 Gala Dalí 间充满争议的一生牵绊，与家族其他成员的决裂。传记里回顾一些二十世纪初的现代艺术思潮和那些代表人物跟他的交集，艺术圈果然很小。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。<br><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://neodb.social/book/11VzdLlaR5fneydhqNWMx3" rel="nofollow">Who Was Johnny Cash?</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑 <br>无感的一本，留一些感想：穷人家的孩子也还是逃不过名利的侵蚀啊，又是吸毒又是出轨的；Rockabilly 也是一种 fusion music 啊，融合了很多流派；跟猫王是同年代的人，两人和另外两名大咖一起录过即兴演奏会。<br>这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a><br></p>

<p><a href="/tags/coverreveal/" rel="tag">#CoverReveal</a> : We&#x27;re obviously always delighted to celebrate one of our (very!) local literary stars, Muriel Spark, and Hodder has James Bailey&#x27;s Like a Cat Loves a Bird, &quot;a spiky and delicious new literary biography&quot;, coming next April.</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/livres/" rel="tag">#livres</a> <a href="/tags/murielspark/" rel="tag">#MurielSpark</a> <a href="/tags/edinburgh/" rel="tag">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="/tags/edimbourg/" rel="tag">#Edimbourg</a> <a href="/tags/likeacatlovesabird/" rel="tag">#LikeACatLovesABird</a> <a href="/tags/jamesbailey/" rel="tag">#JamesBailey</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/biographie/" rel="tag">#biographie</a> <a href="/tags/scottishliterature/" rel="tag">#ScottishLiterature</a> <a href="/tags/bookshops/" rel="tag">#bookshops</a> <a href="/tags/librairies/" rel="tag">#librairies</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a></p>

<p>读过 Who Was Langston Hughes? <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_solid.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_solid:" title=":star_solid:"> <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/m.cmx.im/star_empty.png" class="emoji" alt=":star_empty:" title=":star_empty:"> <br><a href="https://neodb.social/book/4Bpl1exm8i4ixNxeOk9YY6" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="neodb.social/book/4Bpl1exm8i4ixNxeOk9YY6"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neodb.social/book/4Bpl1exm8i4i</span><span class="invisible">xNxeOk9YY6</span></a><br>这本好玩，学到不少新概念，爵士诗歌、哈林文艺复兴，年轻时被共产主义（作为美国种族隔离的替代）吸引去过苏联和中国，晚年逐渐远离且去政治化。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。<br><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a> poetry <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a></p>

<p>读过 <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://neodb.social/book/4Bpl1exm8i4ixNxeOk9YY6" rel="nofollow">Who Was Langston Hughes?</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑 <br>这本好玩，学到不少新概念，爵士诗歌、哈林文艺复兴，年轻时被共产主义（作为美国种族隔离的替代）吸引去过苏联和中国，晚年逐渐远离且去政治化。这本是 Gregory Copeland 的插画。</p><p><a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#jazz</a> poetry <a href="/tags/poem/" rel="tag">#poem</a> <a href="/tags/传记/" rel="tag">#传记</a><br></p>

<p>Look who has come knocking for Halloween...</p><p>Fascinating and most informative, this detailed and deeply researched biography draws on previously unavailable correspondence to present a fuller picture of the life of Edgar Allan Poe.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/10/31/book-review-edgar-allan-poe-a-life/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/10/31/book-review-edgar-allan-poe-a-life/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">10/31/book-review-edgar-allan-poe-a-life/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/edgarallanpoe/" rel="tag">#EdgarAllanPoe</a> <a href="/tags/eapoe/" rel="tag">#EAPoe</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/goth/" rel="tag">#Goth</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/halloween/" rel="tag">#Halloween</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>All done with <a href="/tags/deanstreetdecember/" rel="tag">#DeanStreetDecember</a> for 2025. Thanks again to Dean Street Press for the reads. If DS(P)D returns next year, so will this bad penny! <br><a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/mystery/" rel="tag">#Mystery</a> <a href="/tags/middlebrow/" rel="tag">#middlebrow</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://robinwalter31.blogspot.com/2025/12/ten-from-ten-dean-street-december-iv.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="robinwalter31.blogspot.com/2025/12/ten-from-ten-dean-street-december-iv.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robinwalter31.blogspot.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/12/ten-from-ten-dean-street-december-iv.html</span></a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/5hXIs6JnwMoQ0hzU9ZhfhU" rel="nofollow">We Are the Stars</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Gina Chick.</p><p>That wild woman who captivated us on Alone Australia is the product of genes, a generous upbringing, and intense tempering in the crucible of life. A remarkable range of life experience, and an impressive capacity to learn &amp; evolve from life&#x27;s challenges. Heavy on nebulous metaphor, but fitting. I envy her capacity to inhabit her emotions &amp; body so fully.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/aloneaustralia/" rel="tag">#AloneAustralia</a> <a href="/tags/alonetv/" rel="tag">#AloneTV</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>Book Review <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a> for 2016 is Edmund Morris&#x27; Colonel Roosevelt. This is the third volume in a 3 volume set on President Theodore Roosevelt. I read the first two several years ago and listened to this volume. It covers his life after his Presidency. I think Morris provides an honest look at what TR accomplished in the final 6 years of his life. ☕☕☕☕☕ review. <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/potus/" rel="tag">#POTUS</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#bookreview</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>

<p>The Inquisitive Biologist looks back at 2025 and picks his five favourite books. Palaeontology, aerobiology, speleology, degrowth, and geomicrobiology top this year&#x27;s list.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/31/year-list-the-inquisitive-biologists-top-5-reads-of-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/12/31/year-list-the-inquisitive-biologists-top-5-reads-of-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">12/31/year-list-the-inquisitive-biologists-top-5-reads-of-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookoftheyear/" rel="tag">#BookOfTheYear</a> <a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/aerobiology/" rel="tag">#Aerobiology</a> <a href="/tags/historyofscience/" rel="tag">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="/tags/sciencehistory/" rel="tag">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="/tags/histsci/" rel="tag">#HistSci</a> <a href="/tags/speleology/" rel="tag">#Speleology</a> <a href="/tags/caves/" rel="tag">#Caves</a> <a href="/tags/lechuguilla/" rel="tag">#Lechuguilla</a> <a href="/tags/economics/" rel="tag">#Economics</a> <a href="/tags/degrowth/" rel="tag">#Degrowth</a> <a href="/tags/microbiology/" rel="tag">#Microbiology</a> <a href="/tags/geology/" rel="tag">#Geology</a> <a href="/tags/geomicrobiology/" rel="tag">#Geomicrobiology</a> <a href="/tags/edgarallanpoe/" rel="tag">#EdgarAllanPoe</a> <a href="/tags/eapoe/" rel="tag">#EAPoe</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/goth/" rel="tag">#Goth</a> <a href="/tags/gothic/" rel="tag">#Gothic</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#Horror</a> <a href="/tags/scienceconvention/" rel="tag">#ScienceConvention</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefair/" rel="tag">#ScienceFair</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@markwitton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>markwitton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonnature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonnature</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Carl_Zimmer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Carl_Zimmer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@timparrique" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timparrique</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://sauropods.win/@TetZoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TetZoo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>How an Obscure German Noblewoman Influenced the Way Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary </p><p>Biographer Ruth Franklin on the Value of a Careful Eye and Fresh Perspective</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-an-obscure-german-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-an-obscure-german-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-an-obscure-germ</span><span class="invisible">an-noblewoman-influenced-the-way-anne-frank-wrote-her-diary/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a></p>

<p>How Four Literary Icons Chose the Pen Names That Made Them Famous</p><p>Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott Explore the Reasoning Behind Some Very Well Known Pseudonyms</p><p>By Kirsty McHugh and Ian Scott</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="lithub.com/how-four-literary-icons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/how-four-literary-i</span><span class="invisible">cons-chose-the-pen-names-that-made-them-famous/?utm_source=Klaviyo&amp;utm_medium=campaign&amp;utm_id=01JY6TEY6W2S7C820Q39F5H0FC&amp;_kx=3MZUehzXM-41qlWAMPUiuNZadX2p0SByuNf_t0eMLB0.U5D8ER</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> 5 of 5 stars for Audrey Hepburn: A Life of Beautiful Uncertainty by Tom Santopietro. A wonderful view of an amazing talent and advocate for children everywhere. Audrey turned the adversity of her early life into showing the world what a full life could be. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/137454776-audrey-hepburn?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=2YRZu31jaI&amp;rank=1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.goodreads.com/book/show/137454776-audrey-hepburn?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=2YRZu31jaI&amp;rank=1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.goodreads.com/book/show/13</span><span class="invisible">7454776-audrey-hepburn?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=2YRZu31jaI&amp;rank=1</span></a></p>

<p>Reading deeper into Virginia Woolf’s vicious diary entry</p><p>Maggie Humm says the author’s recollection of encountering a group of learning-disabled people is surely a defence mechanism and projection</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/27/reading-deeper-into-virginia-woolfs-vicious-diary-entry" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/27/reading-deeper-into-virginia-woolfs-vicious-diary-entry"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theguardian.com/books/2025</span><span class="invisible">/jul/27/reading-deeper-into-virginia-woolfs-vicious-diary-entry</span></a></p><p>Virginia Woolf at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/89"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/89</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#Literature</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#Biography</a></p>

<p>Boswell Book Festival 2026<br>8–10 May, Dumfries House</p><p>Tickets are on sale for the 2026 Boswell Book Festival, the world’s only festival of biography &amp; memoir. The festival is a programme of stories taken from the lives of people past &amp; present.</p><p><a href="https://www.boswellbookfestival.co.uk" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.boswellbookfestival.co.uk</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/bookfestival/" rel="tag">#bookfestival</a> <a href="/tags/biography/" rel="tag">#biography</a> <a href="/tags/memoir/" rel="tag">#memoir</a></p>