Today in Bookish and Literary History, September 18
1846 Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning exchange their last letters before they move to Italy
1915 Jeeves and Bertie Wooster make their first appearance in P. G. Wodehouse short story "Extricating Young Gussie" published in "The Saturday Evening Post" in the US
2020 The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgård
The novel is the story of a number of people's everyday life in Sørlandet and Vestlandet while an extraordinarily bright and large star suddenly appears in the sky.
2024 The Mare by Angharad Hampshire (UK)
Hermine Braunsteiner was the first person to be extradited from the United States for Nazi war crimes. Hermine was one of a few thousand women to work as a female concentration camp guard. Prisoners nicknamed her ‘the Mare’ because she kicked people to death. When the camps were liberated, Hermine escaped and fled back to Vienna.
- Shortlisted for The Walter Scott Prize 2025
2025 This Queer Arab Family: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers by Elias Jahshan
In Arab culture, tradition often dictates an individual's role in a family, with personal desires subsumed in favour of unity. So, what happens when Queer Arabs challenge and re-imagine these expectations?
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