Broadhursts Bookseller Legacyさんのイラストまとめ

“He felt shocked. But he also felt in some way relieved, for it is better to admit some facts, even hard, bitter facts, than to go on pretending that they don't exist.”

Dick King-Smith, born #OTD 1922. He fought in WW2 & worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time writer.

"A woman once said to me, 'Any religion that is to be any good to one must be one they make for themselves,' - and it is so. She, curiously, was a clergyman's wife."

Artist & writer Kate Greenaway, born #OTD 1846; she is remembered for her wonderful literary art.

Died #OTD 1983 Georges Prosper Remi aka Hergé creator of Tintin.
During WW2 German occupation in Belgium he published the series in the Nazi controlled newspaper Le Soir and after the war and throughout the rest of his life was accused, by some, of being a traitor.

Died #OTD 1789 Novelist John Cleland.
Cleland published Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure 1749 whilst serving time in prison and was released shortly after only to be rearrested (for the books bawdy content) along with the publisher and printer.

#RIP #JudithKerr so sad , thanks for the fun.

“You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them.”

Author & illustrator Maurice Sendak was born #OnThisDay in 1928.