Inspiring Older Readers
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After Magritte posted on 11 Dec 2018
This is a play I’m very fond of ever since I first saw it produced by the drama department when I was at Bangor University
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The Shipping News posted on 09 Dec 2018
Rereading books you especially loved the first time around can be a tense experience ...
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Great Jones Street posted on 06 Dec 2018
I came to this novel in a round-about way; I saw it listed on a ‘ten-best novels about rock music’ list ...
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With Borges posted on 30 Nov 2018
Born in Argentina but now living in Canada, Alberto Manguel has always been upfront about the debt he owes to Jorge Luis Borges
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Breaking Down The Walls of Heartache: how music came out posted on 28 Nov 2018
If you set yourself the task of writing a history of how LGBT musicians influenced the popular music you’ve got some tough decisions to make.
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Southern Mail posted on 26 Nov 2018
Saint-Exupery’s first novel might well be short, barely above the length of a novella, but it shouldn’t be mistaken for an easy read.
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A Bend in the River posted on 22 Nov 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn puts aside V.S. Naipaul's later, rather tarnished reputation and finds that this 1979 novel is something to be admired.
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The Levant Trilogy posted on 19 Nov 2018
Olivia Manning (1908 – 1980) was always a writer that suffered from an pretty acute inferiority complex.
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Where Shall We Run To?: A memoir posted on 16 Nov 2018
Alan Garner’s memoir of his childhood before secondary school is a remarkable piece of writing.
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The Polysyllabic Spree posted on 15 Nov 2018
Ever since the publication in 1996 of Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby has been a reliable fixture on the literary scene.