Rosemary Sutcliff believed that different stories needed different words strung together in different ways, she wrote in the post-script to fellow story-teller Henry Treece’s novel The Dream Time.
Different kinds of stories need to be told in different kinds of words strung together in different ways. Henry Treece Read More »
That The Eagle of the Ninth author Rosemary Sutcliff won The Carnegie Medal just over 50 years ago (for her historical novel The Lantern Bearers) came to mind when I stumbled upon the long list of nominations for 2010 (STOP PRESS and now shortlist). Rosemary Sutcliff fan Philip Reeve is nominated for Fever Crumb (STOP PRESS now shortlisted, and an interview with Philip Reeve here). Read More »
Film The Eagle of the Ninth original author Rosemary Sutcliff, historical novelist and children’s writer, loved a good Western movie. Kevin Macdonald, director of the new The Eagle of the Ninth film, draws on Westerns. Channel 4 newsreader and reporter Samira Ahmed writes an intriguing story of her own journey with Westerns, from age 8, at the Touching from a Distance website on popular culture. Read More »
The Eagle of the Ninth book by Rosemary Sutcliff, now also a film, was illustrated by C Walter Hodges (1909-2004) who was educated at London’s Dulwich College from 1922-25. The school has an intriguing, well organised record of illustrious former students. I had not known C Walter Hodges illustrated historical novelist Elizabeth Goudge, an important influence on Rosemary Sutcliff. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 