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Word of the Day

April 21, 2017

Word of the Day – Fainéant

Fainéant (noun) (rare) fay-nay-on An idle or ineffective person. From the French 'fais' does 'neant'…

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Quizzes

April 21, 2017

Quiz – Book Titles: Beginning with S

The end is in sight as we cover S today. 18 written works all beginning…

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Word of the Day

April 20, 2017

Word of the Day – Cispontine

Cispontine (adj) (archaic) sis-pont-ayn On the north side of the Thames bridges in London, thought…

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Word of the Day

April 18, 2017

Word of the Day – Legerdemain

Legerdemain (noun) lej-uh-de-mayn The clever use of one's hands when performing magic tricks. Sleight of…

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Arty Inspired by Literature Video

April 18, 2017

Inspiration for a Literary Wedding

Weddings and literature have one thing in common, romance, and it means that literary weddings…

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Word of the Day

April 18, 2017

Word of the Day – Ambuscade

Ambuscade (noun) (archaic) am-boo-scay-d An ambush. Through time this word has evolved to 'ambush' (more…)

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Word of the Day

April 17, 2017

Word of the Day – Goombah

Goombah (noun) (informal) goom-baaaaaah Strictly North American. An associate or accomplice, usually a senior gang…

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Inspired by Literature Literature

April 16, 2017

Twitter’s #LiteraryTypos Hashtag is Hilarious

Twitter provides some pretty funny and clever literary quips and we’re proud to be a…

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Word of the Day

April 15, 2017

Word of the Day – Mundivagant

Mundivagant (adj) mun-div-uh-gunt That roams around the world. A rare word that little is known…

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Libraries News

April 15, 2017

Carnegie Trust Survey Smashes Notion that Libraries are Outdated

Over the last few years in the UK we’ve seen funding to public services cut…

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