Inspiring Older Readers
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Do Not Sell At Any Price posted on 28 Oct 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reviews a book that explores the boundary line between the collector and the hoarder.
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Assorted Bric-a-Brac posted on 27 Oct 2017
This is a recently published collection of fifty poems written between 1984 and 2016 by award winning Kevin Cowdall,
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Lemn Sissay at MAC, Birmingham (24/10/17) posted on 25 Oct 2017
Poet Lemn Sissay’s one person play Something Dark tells the story of his upbringing in children’s homes and foster care...
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A Weekend of Words in Ludlow posted on 24 Oct 2017
During the summer I was pleased to get a phone call out of the blue inviting me to do some Letterpress Project events at this small literary festival in Sh
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Journey To the Border posted on 24 Oct 2017
At the age of 29, Upward was a teacher at an independent school in Dulwich and in the same year he also joined the Communist Party
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The Rise of the Novel posted on 21 Oct 2017
I have a very soft spot for Ian Watt’s ground-breaking study in literary criticism.
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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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Deadly Lies posted on 18 Oct 2017
You always have to wonder what you're going to think when you reread a book ...
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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 Modern Rake’s Progress posted on 15 Oct 2017
Published in 1934 this slender satirical tale from Rebecca West ....