30 September The literary calendar
On this day in English literature
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Born on this day 08
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George Keate1729 · Trowbridge English writer (1729-1797) -
Olivia Rossetti Agresti1875 · London British activist, author, editor, and interpreter (1875–1960) -
William Matthew Scott1893 · Leeds author, playwright, screenplay-writer -
Sally Carson1902 · Surrey British author -
Ian Ogilvy1943 · Woking British actor -
Nicola Griffith1960 · Yorkshire British-American writer (b. 1960) -
Margie Orford1964 · London Novelist, journalist, film director, activist -
Lauren Henderson1966 · London Fiction author
Thought for the day
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth, Stol'n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
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Published on this day
- 1885 King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
- 1905 A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- 2008 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- 2003 The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
- 2003 Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
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Photo credits
- George Keate: John Keyse Sherwin / After John Plott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Olivia Rossetti Agresti: Giorgio Pietrocola, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- William Matthew Scott: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sally Carson: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Ian Ogilvy: Original uploader was Ianogilvy at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Nicola Griffith: Kelley Eskridge, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Margie Orford: The British Library, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Lauren Henderson: LaurenHendersonMusic, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke: Edmund Lodge, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Thomas Percy: J. Hawksworth after a painting by Lemuel Abbott, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Matilda Betham: Unknown - subject died 1852, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Storm Jameson: Bassano Ltd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized