12 October The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
And he smiles, but not as Sultans smile, and settles back the blade.... (But Don John of Austria rides home from the Crusade.)
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Published on this day
- 2021 The Christmas Pig by J. K. Rowling
- 2021 Silverview by John le Carré
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- Elizabeth Jane Weston: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Aleister Crowley: Aleister Crowley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Storm Constantine: Wdarling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Dan Abnett: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Herrick: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Dinah Craik: Hubert von Herkomer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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