Inspiring Older Readers
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With all this confusion it’s hardly surprising that the value of working class writing is so frequently overlooked. posted on 15 Mar 2018
The excellent Kit de Waal has recently used her growing reputation to highlight the shameful neglect of working class authors within a book industry..
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Cast adrift in a bookless wilderness posted on 12 Mar 2018
Weekends are special to me because they are the time I ring-fence for finding books and we try to get out as widely as we can..
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Three novels for snow days posted on 07 Mar 2018
Because of the unusually harsh recent weather I have been able to stay snuggled at home and make my way through more books than usual.
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Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir posted on 02 Mar 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn ends his reading dry-spell when he picks up John Banville's Dublin memoir
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Thinking about Ambrose Bierce and Dipping into The Devil’s Dictionary posted on 20 Feb 2018
I am a man and therefore I like lists.
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Refugee Tales: A conversation with Rachel Holmes posted on 13 Feb 2018
Refugee Tales : A conversation with Rachel Holmes
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Bullied by the Russians in the corner posted on 10 Feb 2018
Sometimes I take a look at my ‘to be read’ pile and ignore it in favour of a freestyling trawl through the shelves
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Books Do Furnish A Room? posted on 04 Feb 2018
There are moments in life when looking after your books has to take priority over actually reading them.
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Saturday posted on 28 Jan 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes a second look at Ian McEwan's 'Saturday' and decides his original judgements may need revision
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Homeward Bound (without a book to read) posted on 23 Jan 2018
I usually have something to keep me busy when I am travelling by train but the other day I found myself at a loose end...