Inspiring Older Readers
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Among Booksellers posted on 19 May 2018
I tend to find the books that collect together the letters passed between famous, or sometimes less than famous people, can be a hit or miss process.
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The Trick To Time posted on 17 May 2018
This Birmingham based author wove the Handsworth riots into the landscape of her first novel, My Name Is Leon......
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Ingenious Pursuits posted on 15 May 2018
Could there be anyone better placed or more capable of writing a book that has as its core premise a challenge to the artificial division .....
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Rashomon and Other Stories posted on 10 May 2018
I suspect that for most people in the West, Rashomon is better known as a film directed by the hugely talented Akira Kurosawa...
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Reason in Revolt posted on 07 May 2018
You have to admire the commitment and sheer chutzpah of Alan Gibbons.....
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The Naked Civil Servant posted on 06 May 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Quentin Crisp's controversial autobiography and finds it still challenges conventional attitudes
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Baby Lies posted on 05 May 2018
This is the fourth book in the successful Detective Tom Mariner series, a couple of which we have already reviewed ...
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The Nature of Passion posted on 04 May 2018
Jhabvala is probably best known for her Booker prize-winning novel, Heat and Dust, which explores the parallels between modern and colonial India...
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Rosie: Scenes from a vanished life posted on 02 May 2018
I have just finished reading ‘Rosie: scenes from a vanished life’ and so I was very pleased to be able to hear Rose Tremain talk about her autobiography
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The Story of My Typewriter posted on 29 Apr 2018
As I start this review I have the feeling that you’re going to struggle to understand why I find this little book so compelling and irresistible