Lyn Howland Editor and Proof-reader

04/09/2018

Sorry I've been missing in action. Since my last post, I've moved office, moved house, renovated (still happening), changed jobs. I've also visited Northern Territory, Tasmania, and Victoria. But enough of the excuses, back to the important stuff ... heteronyms:

- The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
- Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
- A bass was painted on the base of the bass drum.
- When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
- I did not object to the object.

Have you got any examples?

26/10/2017

This project has been assisted by the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.Special Thanks Canada Council for the Arts, Mud Literary Club Inc., U.S. Consulate, Trees for Life, Creative NZ in conjunction with Publishers Association of New Zealand, N...

10/08/2017

Phew! Got 30/30. (Might have been awkward otherwise ;) ) Have a go!

Do you actually have Spelling OCD? Can you get at least 27/30?

19/07/2017

10/04/2017

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27/03/2017

Hi word-lovers! If you want to try something a little different this week, why not head along to hear some live poetry at Soul Lounge Adelaide on Friday at 7pm

22/03/2017

A badly written law cost a US company US$10 million, when a judge ruled that a comma missing from a statute meant 75 truck drivers were owed four years of unpaid overtime wages.

18/02/2017

And a trip to Oxford would not be complete without a visit to Eagle and Child pub where in this very corner, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien met with other writers (The Inklings) for 30 years!

15/02/2017

This is dangerous: me in the literature section of the Oxford University Press bookshop!

13/02/2017

For anyone who loves books, authors, romance, history etc this place is hard to beat (in Paris across the River Seine from Notre Dame):

07/02/2017

I am fortunate enough to be holidaying in Europe at the moment - mainly to visit our son who lives in London. However once you come this far it's hard not to venture a little further. So here I am in Lapland, Finland and look who I found...

16/01/2017

Try this short grammar quiz and let me know how you go.

Are you as smart as you think you are?