Inspiring Older Readers
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The Hay Literary Festival 3rd June: Refugees and women who won’t be stereotyped posted on 04 Jun 2017
This event brought together Pulitzer Prize winning novels Viet Thanh Nguyen and Turkish journalist and first novelist, Ece Temelkuran.
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Ashes In My Mouth, Sand In My Shoes posted on 04 Jun 2017
Norwegian novelist, Per Petterson’s breakthrough novel was the 2005 Out Stealing Horses...
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The Secret History posted on 02 Jun 2017
First published in 1992, The Secret History, Tartt’s first novel was a smash hit from the outset.
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Fools of Fortune posted on 02 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn is impressed by William Trevor's special brand of Irish Realism
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The Hay Literary Festival 29th May : An interesting Bank Holiday Monday Morning posted on 31 May 2017
I was thrilled to discover that the award winning YA author Meg Rosoff was appearing at the Hay Literary Festival...
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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes posted on 31 May 2017
This is an extraordinary book in many ways.
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Jane Austen: Sorry, but I just don’t get it posted on 31 May 2017
My time at university as an English Literature undergraduate student now feels so distant that I don’t have many memories I can wholly trust
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The Hay Literary Festival 29th May : witnessing something special posted on 30 May 2017
Anyone who regularly attends events at literary festivals will have become accustomed to being part of an audience ...
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Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project posted on 29 May 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Iain Sinclair's book that focuses on "the craven greed and vanity of ‘grand projects’ "
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The Hay Literary Festival, Sunday 28th May : The day of the raconteur posted on 28 May 2017
There’s absolutely no reason to assume that your favourite writers are also good at talking about their work.