Inspiring Older Readers
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Hurry On Down posted on 27 May 2017
You’ve got to feel sorry for poor old John Wain. His reputation as a writer has metaphorically slipped down the back of the literary sofa..
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After The Off posted on 25 May 2017
There’s always a risk in bringing two very different masters in their own form together ...
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Evesham Festival of Words to launch festival bookshop posted on 24 May 2017
Authors will be signing books and chatting with readers as part of an Evesham festival event.
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Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press and Me posted on 22 May 2017
This is one of those unexpected week-end reads – a book I’d never heard of before that I picked up on a whim ...
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I really should be reading more poetry posted on 20 May 2017
When I was about 16 I started to develop the idea that I would have a career, or rather, a future in literature.
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The Atmospheric Railway: new and selected stories posted on 19 May 2017
I suspect that Shena Mackay would be described as a writers writer...
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The Missing of the Somme posted on 19 May 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reviews a short book by 'one of the most deceptively hard-working slackers in literature'
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The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan posted on 17 May 2017
It just goes to show that you never know what you’re going to find when you make a casual visit to a flea market in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Neuromancer posted on 17 May 2017
Neuromancer by William Gibson Some books appear with a metaphorical puff of smoke and flash of lightening and go down to history as game-changers.
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Too Much: Art & Society in the Sixties 1960-75 posted on 14 May 2017
Guest reviewer Alun Severn reads volume three of Hewison’s The Arts in Britain Since 1939.