A Boy At The Hogarth Press posted on 25 Jun 2017

In 1928 public schoolboy, Richard Kennedy left Marlborough school at the age of 16 with no qualifications...

London Radical Bookfair 2017 posted on 23 Jun 2017

The joys of sharing books with older readers posted on 22 Jun 2017

As an ex teacher I always enjoy doing one of our ' Wild Things and Gold Rings' events with children in playgroups, nurseries and schools.

Colette at the table: M F K Fisher posted on 21 Jun 2017

Guest writer, Alun Severn reviews the career of a writer he thinks is a 'strange, unrepeatable cross between Colette and Hemingway'.

The Uses of Literacy posted on 20 Jun 2017

A recent article in The New Statesman reminded me that it was time to revisit some of Richard Hoggart’s 1957 classic

Cotton Comes To Harlem posted on 18 Jun 2017

Chester Himes (1909 – 1984) frequently gets tagged with the label the ‘Black Raymond Chandler’ ...

An Interview With Keggie Carew posted on 16 Jun 2017

An Interview With Keggie Carew

Going back to the source and drawing from the well posted on 16 Jun 2017

The fashion for drawing on or even reinterpreting mythology seems to ebb and flow.

Put Out More Flags posted on 16 Jun 2017

Regular guest reviewer, Alun Severn offers an alternative take on a book that previously got less than rave reviews on this site.

Scenes From A Bookshop posted on 15 Jun 2017

The dividing line between fiction and memoir is almost impossible to distinguish in this slim book of stories/reminiscences....