I was recently wondering which book is classed as the First Novel of any kind in the English language? How easy is it to pinpoint such a milestone from so long ago? Turns out it depends on what you class as a novel, and there is a lot of argument about it…
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The Odd Disappearance of Violet D’Ath and New Zealand’s First Gothic Novel
Mysterious Violet D’Ath, if you were ever truly flesh and blood, I hereby vow to hunt down you and your beautiful book!
The Stuff of Nightmares!
What’s the first nightmare you ever remember having? The first time you woke in a cold sweat, pulling your covers up to your nose and staring around your dark bedroom, completely terrified? This was mine…
Confession Time
Which cartoon character were you secretly in love with as a kid?
The First Ever YA Book?
Seventeenth Summer by Margaret Daly (1942) is still being read and enjoyed today.