Children’s writer Rosemary Sutcliff ‘s books are expected to have been read by children entering the 11+ examination for one London independent school, but the teachers could not spell! Read More »
The Eagle of the Ninth movie star Channing Tatum burned penis | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Based on an interview in Details magazine, this report of Channing Tatum’s penis being burned on the movie set of The Eagle of the Ninth while filming the Rosemary Sutcliff novel of that name is indeed for real! Maybe it lowers the tone here, but what was good enough for The Huffington Post is good enough for me! Read More »
Graphic interview with Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff on writing for children
“The themes of my children’s books are mostly quite adult, and in fact the difference between writing for children and for adults is, to me at any rate, only a quite small gear change.”
Source: Townsend, John Rowe. 1971. A Sense of Story. London: Longman p. 201
Rosemary Sutcliff influenced and inspired … Australian writer Keith Taylor
One of the pleasures, I discover, of actively nurturing this blog is that people have begun sending me their experiences with the books of Rosemary Sutcliff. Keith Taylor is an Australian writer who “loves good historical fiction” and found Rosemary Sutcliff a “powerful inspiration”, along with Mary Renault and Cecilia Holland. But he “didn’t discover them until later; Rosemary Sutcliff came first, when I was still in high school”.Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 