Literary Colours
This is where we get to share really cool stuff from around the globe.
We have tales from world’s famous trickster figures such as the smart aleck Nasreddin Hodja, we have postal stamps, currencies and google doodles honouring renowned authors, fictional characters and important milestones in literature.
We have book lists and jokes and cartoons and all sorts of odds and ends we could not put elsewhere.
Enjoy browsing and please contribute with all the books, reading and literature related things you find intriguing.
Nasreddin Hodja StoriesNasreddin Hodja, Shrewd and Silly Nasreddin Hodja (Hoca) is a 13th century Turkish personage who is believed to have lived in Akşehir in south-central Turkey. About 400 handwritten manuscripts that narrate anecdotes demonstrating Hodja’s quick witRead More
Literary Postal StampsLouisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) American novelist, short-story writer and children’s author Author of Little Women USA 1940 Sholem Aleichem Sholem Aleichem (1858-1916) pen name of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich Ukrainian short-stoRead More
Literary Google DoodlesReadLit Loves Google Doodles Tolstoy and Anna Karenina Shakespeare Shakespeare Cervantes and Don Quixote Charles Dickens Jules Verne Read More
Literary CurrenciesMONEY Roger Waters – Pink Floyd (From The Dark Side of the Moon 1972-1973) Money, get away Get a good job with more pay and you’re O.K. Money it’s a gas Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash New car, caviar, four star daydRead More
