Janet Fullerlove

It’s December 1st and the most exciting Christmas countdown has begun! George and Matilda are visiting Granny for a festive treat of hot chocolate and marshmallows – a favourite family tradition under the twinkling Christmas Tree when they open the...

Elinor Sutherland was born on the 17th October 1864 in Saint Helier, Jersey, in the Channel Islands.Her father died when she was 2 months old and her mother returned to Canada with both baby Elinor and her sister.In the 7 years they were there Elinor...

David Herbert Lawrence was born on the 11th September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, a coal mining town where the reality of a harsh life was only useful as experiences for future literary works.He was educated at Beauvale Board School and became...

Lettice Galbraith is yet another of those mysterious women of British literature of whom little was recorded.Lizzie Susan Gibson was born on the 27th January 1859 in Kingston-Upon-Hull in Yorkshire into a comfortable middle-class family.Her education...

Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria.A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but...

Marie Adelaide Elizabeth Rayner Lowndes (née Belloc) was born in 1868. She had a distinguished and prolific literary career and 4 of her works were adapted (some several times) for film.She died in 1947. Author - Marie Belloc Lowndes. Narrator - Janet...

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette more usually known as simply ‘Colette’, was born in 1873. Her most famous work is ‘Gigi’. An author, a woman of letters, a mime, an actress, and journalist and a celebrity example the wide range of her many talents.She died...

The name L T Meade, a pseudonym for Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, rarely brings a sign of recognition.Although she wrote mainly for young girls she also wrote across many genres including sensational, religious, historical, adventure and romances....

Tatiana Schepkina-Kupernik was born in 1874. In her literary career she was a poet, playwright, and short story writer.She died in 1952. Author - Madame Schepkina-Kupernick. Narrator - Janet Fullerlove. Published Date - Sunday, 28 January 2024....

Ulric Evan Daubeny born in 1888 published only a single collection of short supernatural fiction; ‘The Elemental’. It’s stand out piece was 'The Sumach'.He died in 1922. Author - Ulric Daubeny. Narrator - Janet Fullerlove. Published Date - Sunday, 28...

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians.When you consider the depth of literary talent available over the extraordinary length of Queen Victoria’s reign, allied to the fascination with their all...

Alfred Lichtenstein was born on the 23rd August 1889, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the son of a Jewish manufacturer. He grew up in Berlin before studying law at Erlangen in Bavaria.A writer in the Expressionist style his poems and stories are short but...

Bithia Mary Sheppard was born in Kilgefin, County Roscommon, Ireland, the only daughter of an Anglican Church of Ireland rector.She was educated at Rockferry, Cheshire and in Tours, France.Her initial fame rested as a horsewoman with the Kildare...