{"id":352,"date":"2016-02-07T17:51:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T17:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenson-olds.com\/news\/?p=352"},"modified":"2016-02-07T17:51:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T17:51:04","slug":"did-william-shakespeare-die-on-his-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevenson-olds.com\/news\/general\/did-william-shakespeare-die-on-his-birthday\/201602352\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Did William Shakespeare Die on His Birthday..?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I, as they, cannot be sure, but it is the first thing that entered my head as I woke at 3am just a night ago.<\/p>\n

3:07am – Just\u00a0a Night Ago\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

To wake at 3am is one thing, to turn over and re-lay your head and fall back to sleep is the right thing, to climb out of bed, to sit at your desk to write, as I am doing now, surely, a crazy thing.<\/p>\n

\u2018How brilliant if he did die on his birthday, as poetic as it gets\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n

I have risen for a brief moment from my desk, to stand before the patio windows, to stare in awe at the seascape before me lit via a clear sky, stars and the moon above the dotted clusters of lights that sit as if miniature Christmas trees just short of the horizon – working fishing boats, quite brilliant, a working day already well underway for these fishermen.<\/p>\n

I sit back down at my desk and think of now<\/em> against back then,<\/em> the 23rd<\/sup> April 1616, William Shakespeare\u2019s<\/em> death, and back 52 years to his birth, the 23rd<\/sup> April 1564. I smile as I ponder that I was born 400 years and just one solitary day later \u2013 and so, a decision made, a feeling, that for me, despite the vagueness of the facts, that the great man did<\/em> indeed die on the date of his birth – thought to poetic licence insisting upon it.<\/p>\n

And so: World Book Night 2016,<\/em> already in its sixth year, to inspire \u2018the readers,\u2019 \u2018the writers\u2026\u2019 a celebration of William Shakespeare<\/em> himself\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Run by The Reading Agency,<\/em> the independent charity with a mission to get people reading more, a celebratory World Book Night, <\/em>to be held in association with Devon Life<\/em> magazine on Saturday the 23rd<\/sup> April, at Stoke Lodge Hotel in Stoke Fleming, Devon. This prestigious event is truly honoured to have as guest speaker, the best-selling novelist, Lesley Pearse,<\/em> whom, with 10 million sales around the globe, presents an opportunity for her army of fans to meet her (well, a privileged few) and have their books personally signed. And, as-well-as, also,<\/em> some quite inspirational guests\/authors will be with us to answer any questions you might have. Places are extremely limited – please contact your host Sarah Stevenson-Olds for further details email: steve@stevenson-olds.com<\/p>\n

The STEVE<\/strong><\/strong>NSON-OLDS connection with Devon Life<\/em> magazine..?<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, it was before Christmas, the grapevine doing all that the grapevine does, from one reader to the next, The Human Jigsaw<\/em> gaining quite a reputation, and so a publication with a readership that far exceeds the South West of the country felt it their duty to read it for themselves. I was warned that due to my work being \u2018steamy in places,\u2019 their words, not mine, and such is the excessive demand for a review in their respected magazine, that I should expect a \u2018no.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Did I get a no<\/em>..?\u2019 <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Umm, I have<\/em> to go, sleep beckons, but I promise I will let you know, and soon, in about a week\u2019s time\u2026 Take care\u2026X<\/p>\n

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