Inspiring Older Readers
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Mr Pye posted on 21 Feb 2024
I’m not at all sure why but over time I’ve found myself drawn to quirky, off-centre novels from the early to mid-20th century...
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George Orwell: Fugitive from the Camp of Victory posted on 18 Feb 2024
Few people knew George Orwell better than Richard Rees.
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Citizen: An American Lyric posted on 13 Feb 2024
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine The fact that this book is subtitled An American Lyric and has been nominated for awards in the category...
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Old & Rare posted on 11 Feb 2024
Book collectors are a strange bunch.
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A Time of Gifts posted on 07 Feb 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads (for the umpteenth time) Patrick Leigh Fermor's journey on foot from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople
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The Wife of Bath posted on 04 Feb 2024
Originally published in 2023 but now available from Princeton University Press in paperback...
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Spies posted on 31 Jan 2024
Michael Frayn, now at the grand old age of 90, is probably best known as a playwright – Noises Off, Democracy, Copenhagen ....
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The House of Doors posted on 28 Jan 2024
This is a novel that is complex, literary, multi-layered and magnetically readable.
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The Midnight Washerwoman and other tales of Lower Brittany posted on 24 Jan 2024
For most us, stories come in formats that allow us to constantly revisit them in the medium in which they were originally created.
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Cherrywood Cannon posted on 21 Jan 2024
It is remarkable how few illustrated books in recent times – picture books if you will – are produced for an adult readership.