Inspiring Older Readers
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My Name Is Leon posted on 22 Oct 2016
This is one of those books that is clearly based on real experience because the characters and the circumstances ring true ...
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Considering Ian McEwan’s The Children Act…again posted on 21 Oct 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn reads Ian McEwan's 'The Children Act' and finds much to admire.
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I am the good immigrant posted on 21 Oct 2016
'I am the good immigrant' - an exclusive new poem by Alan Gibbons
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The Pigeon Tunnel posted on 19 Oct 2016
I’ve always felt conflicted about John Le Carré as an author – some of his books I really love and some don’t speak
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At the 2016 Cheltenham Literary Festival : Part Two posted on 18 Oct 2016
Having a full time job makes getting to events during the week difficult ...
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The Arrow posted on 18 Oct 2016
He had told her that somewhere between now and then, between is and ought, between regret and hope is being. At the time she had
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Propaganda: Power and Persuasion posted on 17 Oct 2016
Propaganda is a notoriously difficult thing to pin down. One man’s propaganda is another’s truth ...
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Celebrating Roald Dahls 100th birthday posted on 16 Oct 2016
I was invited to contribute to the Roald Dahl Centenary celebrations at St Richards Hospice in Worcester ...
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Westbourne Bookshop, Bournemouth posted on 15 Oct 2016
Even though I had only seen a picture on the internet, I must confess that this is a bookshop that I coveted ...
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Just who was John Oliver Killens? posted on 13 Oct 2016
When I’m out and about book hunting I have a couple of categories of novels that I always keep an eye open for ...