Inspiring Older Readers
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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....
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Edinburgh Book Festival unveils Brave New Words line-up posted on 14 Jun 2017
The Edinburgh International Book Festival today (13th June) launched its 2017 programme,
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Love On The Dole posted on 12 Jun 2017
It’s interesting the way in which certain books come to stand as representative of particular points in history or end-up being emblematic ....
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Pen and Scalpel: The new school of surgeon-writers posted on 11 Jun 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn considers the great writing that gives us a privileged look into the real world of the medical practitioner.
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Peer Gynt posted on 11 Jun 2017
I actually first came to read Ibsen’s Peer Gynt as a result of hearing Grieg’s famous suite of music..
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Woodbrook posted on 09 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads the 'extraordinary memoir' of David Thomson, a sensitive and troubled man.
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Adrian Wiszniewski posted on 08 Jun 2017
Adrian Wiszniewski was a new name to me before I came across Kidson’s beautifully produced introduction to his work.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine posted on 07 Jun 2017
In some ways the 2008 crisis of capitalism that came so perilously close to destroying the World financial system seems to be oddly old news these days.
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The Hay Literary Festival 4th June : The last hurrah for Festival 2017 posted on 06 Jun 2017
Sunday turned out to be a bit of an odd day all round really.
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The Refugees posted on 05 Jun 2017
I understand that the short story form is notoriously difficult for authors to do well ...