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Stella Horrocks takes dictation from one of the 300 spirits with whom she claims to be in contact. Among the entries in her unique diary, she says, is the work of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.The output of this “secretary to the spirits” is astonishing: from her pen have come letters, speeches, diaries, memoirs, plays, and books, each in a different handwriting. So far Stella has failed to find a publisher that is willing to take any of the enormous quantity of writings she has amassed. She finds their attitude discouraging. “I am not in it for the money,” she says. “I’d just like to see these works reach a wider public”.

Sylvia Beach – the owner of the bookshop Shakespeare & Co – was one of the first people to befriend Ernest Hemingway when he came to Paris in the 1920s. Would she still be there in 1944?

Celebrity Chef Maria Liberati, author of the best selling book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking takes us on a visit to Ristorante Il Bugatta in Milan Italy. Il Bugatta is as famous for its, authentic Tuscan-Milan style of cooking as it is for its’ literary connections.

Langston Hughes was an African American writer of the Civil Rights Movement. This is a short biography of his life.

Biography of D.H. Lawrence.

Gary Paulson is a great writer. Although he had a horrible life as a kid, he was able to write over 350 books, from juvenile books to novels.

The advances William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, and Niccolo Machiavelli made in the literary world.

All you novice writers out there, read on. I guarantee you that investing in a recorder and really giving it a chance will vastly improve your writing.

February 27th is john Steinbeck’s birthday. he’s one of my favorite authors, so this is in honor of him.

Independent artists are changing the traditional avenues.