Inspiring Older Readers
-
The Trap posted on 18 Sep 2016
The Trap by Alan Gibbons I’m guessing that the adjective most likely to be applied to this book is ‘controversial’.
-
Toxique posted on 16 Sep 2016
I recently read and reviewed Sagan’s seminal romantic novel, Bonjour Tristesse, and while I was doing some general background reading on the author...
-
Rereading Ian McEwan posted on 14 Sep 2016
Regular guest contributor, Alun Severn, revisits the work of Ian McEwan
-
In the footsteps of W.H. Auden posted on 14 Sep 2016
Walk taken from: 'Walking the Literary Landscape' by Ian Hamilton and Diane Roberts
-
An Interview With Nick Hornby posted on 13 Sep 2016
An Interview With Nick Hornby
-
The Archaeology of Working Class Writing : Part Five – Lewis Jones posted on 12 Sep 2016
The short but eventful life of Lewis Jones ( 1897 – 1939 ) deserves to be more widely celebrated than it is.
-
An Interview With Katrina Jan posted on 11 Sep 2016
An Interview With Katrina Jan
-
Off the shelf: a celebration of bookshops in verse posted on 09 Sep 2016
I don’t know about you but I often find it quite difficult to make the transition from finishing one book to starting the next one.
-
Rereading Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam and thinking about its legacy posted on 08 Sep 2016
As the period of the last Labour government slips further into history...
-
A Death In The Family ( Part One of My Struggle) posted on 07 Sep 2016
When Knausgaard’s epic project of writing a life story that blurs the boundaries between autobiography and fiction first began to appear ...