Word of the Day February 9, 2018 Word of the Day – Lustrum Lustrum (noun) (literary) lus-trum A period of five years. Late 16th century: from Latin, originally… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 8, 2018 Word of the Day – Intumesce Intumesce (verb) (rare) in-too-mess Swell up. Late 18th century: from Latin intumescere, from in- ‘into’… Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 7, 2018 Word of the Day – Circumambulate Circumambulate (verb) (formal) sur-kum-am-boo-lait Walk all the way around (something) (more…) Kath Love1
New Releases February 6, 2018 Helen Pankhurst Releases Deeds Not Words in Time for Suffragette Anniversary 6th February 2018 marks one hundred years since women got the vote in the UK,… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 6, 2018 Word of the Day – Suffragette Suffragette (noun) (historical) suff-ra-jet A woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest. Late… Kath Love1
New Releases February 5, 2018 Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones to Release Debut Novel Ruth Jones is already an accomplished writer and screenwriter and has seen much success with… Kath Love0
Literary AwardsNew Releases February 5, 2018 8 Novels That We Think Could be Award Winners in 2018 We’re still early in the year and that means months and months of exciting new… Kath Love1
Word of the Day February 5, 2018 Word of the Day – Quisquous Quisuous (adj) (Scottish) (rare) kwisk-us Difficult to deal with or settle; perplexing; (of a person)… Kath Love3
Literary AwardsNews February 4, 2018 National Book Awards to Open to Translated Works The National Book Foundation Board for the prestigious US prize has announced that the awards… Kath Love0
Word of the Day February 4, 2018 Word of the Day – Peradventure Peradventure (adv) per-ad-ven-tchu Perhaps. Middle English: from Old French per (or par) auenture ‘by chance’.… Kath Love0