Inspiring Older Readers
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A Life With Books posted on 19 Oct 2017
I found this modest 27 page essay a haunting read – primarily because it contained so many echoes of my own relationship with books.
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In Search of George Gissing posted on 18 Oct 2017
When I left home for university in 1972 I had an old army holdall overstuffed with paperbacks
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The Big University Book Bonanza : giving old books new readers posted on 05 Oct 2017
The Letterpress Project has a long standing partnership with Newman University in Birmingham
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Look, I’m doing my best to find the right words….ok? Ok?... posted on 26 Sep 2017
Like me, you must have had times when you’ve been desperately trying to describe to someone just how fantastic an experience or place is.
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A new edition of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood posted on 13 Sep 2017
I have written before about the fact that I think that the publishing industry has responded to the digital threat by really substantially upping its game.
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Finding John Lehmann at the bottom of a box posted on 07 Sep 2017
Most compulsive book collectors (guilty!) know some of the legendary stories of unexpected or serendipitous finds
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Murder and Misogyny posted on 26 Aug 2017
For a long time one of my guilty pleasures has been reading crime thrillers and watching the TV adaptations.
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A visit to the American Writers Museum, Chicago, USA posted on 20 Aug 2017
Take a walk south down North Michigan Avenue and you’d be forgiven if you drifted straight past the newly opened American Writers Museum.
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It’s a kind of magic posted on 09 Aug 2017
In his 2012 publication, One For the Books, Joe Queenan says this.......
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Taking a trip to the Invisible Library posted on 02 Aug 2017
The other day when I had way too much time on my hands I was grazing on some book-related websites ...