📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 16 October 2012, #HilaryMantel won the #BookerPrize for BRING UP THE BODIES, the sequel to WOLF HALL. Mantel became the first woman and the first British author to win the prize twice. It is also the first sequel to ever win the award.

Hilary Mantel died on this day in 2022.

Too soon, too soon...

By way of tribute, here’s the brilliant opening of Wolf Hall. Read by me. Writing so poetic in parts that it deserves the label #poemsaloud #dotd #HilaryMantel

Died #otd Hilary Mantel (1952-2022), British writer, 4 years ago today #HilaryMantel life story...

"History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it."

🌹📚 Remembering Dame #HilaryMantel, British author, who passed away #OTD 22 September 2022. #History #Literature