Tomorrow is International Haiku Poetry Day (what do you mean, you didn’t know?!), and what better way to celebrate than a blog post commemorating this beloved genre of poetry. Established in 2007, Haiku Poetry Day aims to encourage creativity, the sharing of poetry, and, of course, appreciation of the haiku. The haiku form originated in Japan in the mid-1600s, but it wasn’t … [Read more...]
It’s not just vampires but…
If you need a break from all that LEARNING, don't forget we also have a great selection of young adult fiction at the L.R.C. It's not entirely romantic vampires, but there is some of that, to be honest. And why not, I ask you? … [Read more...]
Have you read… Fiction Bestsellers?: Dreams of the Red Chamber
Find out how many Fiction Bestsellers you have read, and which you have yet to, with our first Have You Read series: Fiction Bestsellers! 5: Dream of the Red Chamber, by Cao Xuequin Sold: 100 million copies "Truth becomes fiction when the fiction is true; Real becomes not-real when the unreal is real." How can you not be grabbed by an opening couplet like that!? … [Read more...]
Have You Read… Fiction Bestsellers?: And Then There Were None
Find out how many Fiction Bestsellers you have read, and which you have yet to, with our first Have You Read series: Fiction Bestsellers! 4: And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie Sold: 100 million copies "Ten little boys went out to dine, one choked his little self, and then there were nine..." 10 people who have independently been complicit in murder, but who … [Read more...]
Have You Read… Fiction Bestsellers?: The Little Prince
Find out how many Fiction Bestsellers you have read, and which you have yet to, with our first Have You Read series: Fiction Bestsellers! 2: The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Sold: 140 million copies … [Read more...]
