As the year comes to a close and the holidays near, another special occasion is upon us – the second anniversary of The Hyacinth Review!
When we founded this humanities journal it started off as a way for us to put our own work out into the world in a more formal way, but it quickly blossomed into something more.
Since our launch in December 2021, we’ve been listed as an official publication on both Duotrope and the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses, interviewed some amazing people, gained thousands (!!!) of monthly readers, and received several thousand submissions. From poetry to creative writing, essays to art, we’ve been immensely proud of every piece we feature on our site (559 pieces to be exact!) and we look forward to many years to come.
In the near future you can expect to see much more of The Hyacinth Review – but we won’t spoil the surprise just yet!
We want to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for your support – whether you’re a reader, creator, or donor, we feel so fortunate to have created a publication supported by so many wonderful individuals.
And now, as usual, here are a few of our favorite things for the winter season…
Books
Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman
I Capture The Castle – Dodie Smith
Legends & Lattes – Travis Baldree
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Anne Of Green Gables – L.M. Montgomery
The Happy Prince & Other Tales – Oscar Wilde
The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Snow Queen – Hans Christian Andersen
The Secret History – Donna Tartt
The Once & Future King – T.H. White
The Hobbit – J.R.R Tolkien
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
The Complete Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
The Winter’s Tale – William Shakespeare
Stardust – Neil Gaiman
Howl’s Moving Castle – Diana Wynne Jones
Down Comes The Night – Allison Saft
Poetry
The More Loving One – W.H. Auden
Winter Walk – John Clare
Winter Trees – William Carlos Williams
The Six-Cornered Snowflake – John Frederick Nims
White Eyes – Mary Oliver
The Snow Fairy – Claude McKay
Choices – Tess Gallagher
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening – Robert Frost
Winter Films
Jack Frost (1979)
Serendipity (2001)
Jack Frost (1979)
Little Women (1994)
Little Women (2019)
The Green Knight (2021)
Last Holiday (2006)
The Holiday (2006)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
Ice Princess (2005)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993
Anastasia (1997)
Carol (2015)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
The Age of Adaline (2015)
Cinderella (1997)
The Shining (1980)
The Thing (1982)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Music
Winter Inspiration
