Inspiring Older Readers
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The Underground Railroad posted on 12 Mar 2017
There has been a tremendous buzz of excitement generated by Whitehead’s book in recent months.
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The Night Cleaner posted on 10 Mar 2017
The collapse of the banking system in 2008 was an event that has exposed global capitalism for what it really is...
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Night Shift posted on 09 Mar 2017
On a recent trip to Waterstones we were grazing the new children’s book when we came across Debi Gliori’s Night Shift.
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Beverley Naidoo @ Newman University, 6th March 2017 posted on 09 Mar 2017
Beverley Naidoo's guest lecture ended up being a long time in the planning but I'm delighted to be able to report that ...
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I Bought Andy Warhol posted on 08 Mar 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes us into the 'grubby' world of the art dealer.
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It’s an amazing, creepy world posted on 08 Mar 2017
It’s an amazing, creepy world I’ve never been a fan of American superhero comics.
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The Book posted on 04 Mar 2017
This review is a two for the price of one offer – the first part dealing with the content and the second part highlighting the aesthetics of this book ..
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The Gate & River of Time posted on 03 Mar 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads two different takes on the horrifying events of the Cambodian civil war of the early 1970s.
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The archaeology of working class writing : part seven Flora Thompson posted on 28 Feb 2017
The first half a dozen articles in the series have focused largely on writers that have virtually no public profile
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The Poet Assassinated posted on 27 Feb 2017
The poetry and prose of Guillaume Apollinaire is thought of as one of the seminal bodies of work in the early years of the twentieth century.