Monday, January 19, 2009

Shakespeare Challenge, 2009 (in progress)

(All the World's a Stage, by James C. Christensen)

Historia, at BiblioShakespeare, is hosting a new Shakespeare challenge for 2009.

The rules are simple:
• You can read anything about or related to Shakespeare - fiction or non fiction, straight bio or authorship debate - and you can read the plays and sonnets as well.
• Read 6 books in 12 months
• Starts January 1st 2009
• Ends December 31st 2009

1. Introduction to Shakespeare, by Marchette Chute
2. Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth
3. Manga Shakespeare: The Tempest
4. Shakespeare's Wife, by Germaine Greer
5. Shakespeare Sketchbook, by Renwick St. James; artwork by James C. Christensen
6. Shakespeare Alive!, by Joseph Papp
7. A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599, by James Shapiro
8. Shakespeare, by Anthony Burgess