Inspiring Older Readers
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The Dark Labyrinth posted on 23 Feb 2022
When I was in my late teens and early twenties and in something of an uncritical frenzy of discovery....
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Salvador and Miami: rereading Joan Didion’s political reportage from the 1980s posted on 20 Feb 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn revisits 'Salvador' and 'Miami' - examples of the 1980s documentary work of Joan Didion.
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The Promise posted on 16 Feb 2022
I’ve become accustomed in recent years to being underwhelmed by the winner of the Booker Prize ....
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The Faber Gallery posted on 13 Feb 2022
I recently came across a rather distressed copy of a large format (10” x 12”) card-covered introduction to the work of William Blake
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Bookscout posted on 09 Feb 2022
Dunning, journalist, book dealer and novelist, is the author of some of the most well-regarded biblio-thrillers on the market.
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The Orchid Trilogy posted on 06 Feb 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads The Orchid Trilogy – cunningly contrived autobiographical fiction built up in layers on the author’s own obsessions.
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The Best Of Me posted on 02 Feb 2022
This collection of short essays, fictions and musings constitutes Sedaris’ own selection of what he considers his best work
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Madman’s Drum: a novel in woodcuts posted on 30 Jan 2022
American artist, Lynd Ward (1905 – 1985) was a master of the woodcut print...
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The Seville Communion posted on 26 Jan 2022
Literate, even literary, page-turners are hard to come by in my experience.
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The White Road posted on 23 Jan 2022
The subtitle of this book is “(a) journey into obsession” which turns out to be a phrase that is just about the perfect encapsulation of the tone and spiri