le Gram — Owen Hebbert

le Gram

In the interest of achieving more exposure than I deserve, I have an Instagram account. I talk about authors I like, books I read and things I learn.

I sometimes talk about other things too, but don’t be tempted to think that they’re any more interesting than the first three things I mentioned.

They are not.

@hebbert_the_writer

It’s Mark Twain’s birthday today! Great writer. So quotable. There aren’t a lot of writers (even great ones) who manage to be so quotable. I think it’s all about communicating pithy, clever ideas in a short, ironic sentence.

Today is the birthday of Warwick Goble. Absolutely brilliant name. Top shelf. If you forget yourself and start calling me Warwick Goble, you will meet with no complaints.
Goble illustrated classic fairy stories including Water Babies. He also worked

Look at these illustrations. These are the kinds of illustrations that make children love reading, just so you know.
Today’s illustrator of note is John D. Batten. It’s his birthday, but that’s just an excuse for bringing him up. If

Who is this? Gaskell. Elizabeth Gaskell.
Why are we talking about her? Because it’s her birthday. That’s why.
What did she do? She made the world a better place, by writing absolutely fantastic books. She wrote North and South, Wives an

It’s Arthur Rackham’s birthday again.
It has been a long time since I’ve posted about Golden Age illustrators, but my love for them has gone nowhere. It’s hard to believe that these brilliant works of art were being composed

Today is the birthday of Warwick Goble. Absolutely brilliant name. Top shelf. If you forget yourself and start calling me Warwick Goble, you will meet with no complaints.
Goble illustrated classic fairy stories including Water Babies. He also worked

Who is this? Gaskell. Elizabeth Gaskell.
Why are we talking about her? Because it’s her birthday. That’s why.
What did she do? She made the world a better place, by writing absolutely fantastic books. She wrote North and South, Wives an