Monday 16 November 2015

The Things You Do...

J. K. Rowling came up with the names for the houses at Hogwarts in Harry Potter while she was on a plane. She jotted the names down on a sick-bag.

Dr Seuss included the word ‘contraceptive’ in a draft of his children’s book Hop on Pop to make sure his publisher was paying attention.

Emily Brontë once had to put out her brother, Branwell, when he set fire to his bedclothes.

Author Michael Bond bought a Paddington Bear in 1956; he felt sad for the bear as it was the only toy left on the shop’s shelves on Christmas Eve.

Modernist writer Katherine Mansfield wore mourning dress to her first wedding and left her husband on their wedding night.


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