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Neale Lucas
Aug 16, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from 10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THIS STRANGE WORLD by Elif Shafak. SAMOVAR A samovar is a heated metal container...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 17, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from SACRED HUNGER by Barry Unsworth. AFFLATUS NOUN formal a divine creative impulse or inspiration. synonyms:...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 14, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from THE RED NOTEBOOK by Antoine Laurain. PLEIADES plural noun 1. Greek Mythology The seven daughters of ...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 12, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from EYRIE by Tim Winton. DIHEDRAL ADJECTIVE having or contained by two plane faces. "a dihedral angle" NOUN an...
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Neale Lucas
Jul 7, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from THE SONGS OF THE KINGS by Barry Unsworth. AMETHYST Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 26, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from FLED by Meg Keneally. ASSIZE The courts of assize, or assizes, were periodic courts held around England...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 22, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from SPRING by Ali Smith. DEMAGOGUE [ˈdɛməɡɒɡ] NOUN a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 17, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
There are two words of the day today and both come from the excellent NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS by Behrouz Boochani. QUIESCENT...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 12, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from A STOLEN SEASON by Rodney Hall which is longlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. APOTHEOSIS ]NOUN the...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 10, 20191 min read
THE WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from NO FRIENDS BUT THE MOUNTAIN by Behrouz Boochani. IRASCIBLE ADJECTIVE having or showing a tendency to be...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 5, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from the 2019 longlisted DYSCHRONIA by Jennifer Hills. CEPHALOPOD A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan...
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Neale Lucas
Jun 2, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from DYSCHRONIA by Jennifer Mills, which is longlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. THYLACINE The...
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Neale Lucas
May 31, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
Once again the word of the day comes from THE DEATH OF NOAH GLASS by Gail Jones. ACHEIROPOIETA Acheiropoieta — also called Icons Made...
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Neale Lucas
May 30, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day once again comes from THE DEATH OF NOAH GLASS by Gail Jones, GIALLO Giallo is a 20th-century Italian genre of...
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Neale Lucas
May 29, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from THE DEATH OF NOAH GLASS by Gail Jones, which is longlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award, CYANOMETER A...
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Neale Lucas
May 28, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from THE LUCKY GALAH by Tracy Sorensen, which is longlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. THRENODY NOUN a...
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Neale Lucas
May 16, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day again comes from Stephen Fry's excellent MYTHOS. TALARIA - Talaria are winged sandals, a symbol of the Greek...
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Neale Lucas
May 15, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day come from MYTHOS by Stephen Fry. In the sentence in which the word is used Artemis is described by Hera as a...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 22, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
Today's word of the day comes from the amazing REMEMBERED by Yvonne Battle-Felton, COFFLE NOUN coffles (plural noun) a line of animals or...
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Neale Lucas
Mar 9, 20191 min read
WORD OF THE DAY.
The word of the day comes from GHOST WALL by Sarah Moss, which is longlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Literature. CARNYX The carnyx...
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