Inspiring Older Readers
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What Good Books Do posted on 21 Aug 2016
A guest post from Chitra Soundar that first appeared on her website in 2015
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Cooper Hay Rare Books, Glasgow posted on 21 Aug 2016
With the exception of a smallish Oxfam bookshop, Cooper Hay Rare Books in Bath Street would seem to be the only ...
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Faceless Killers posted on 21 Aug 2016
I am a big fan of detective novels including some that are often described as 'Scandinavian noir '.
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Among The Bohemians: Experiments in living 1900 - 1939 posted on 20 Aug 2016
This must be one of the most disappointing books I’ve read for some time.
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Ragged Banners posted on 18 Aug 2016
This novel was published in 1931 and could only really have been written in the friable atmosphere of those inter-war years.
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What makes a good author interview? posted on 18 Aug 2016
I’ve just come back from Edinburgh where I was privileged to be at one of the literature festival’s first author interviews
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I went to the corner shop for some butter posted on 15 Aug 2016
Novelist, Alan Gibbons, discovers that sometimes it's just the little things that can drive you to distraction
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Dispatches posted on 14 Aug 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads Michael Herr's 'Dispatches' - a classic of war reportage.
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An Interview With Kevin Cowdall posted on 11 Aug 2016
An Interview With Kevin Cowdall
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The Black Cloud posted on 11 Aug 2016
Just imagine that it's a cold, wet Sunday afternoon in January and all you want is something on television to settle down and watch.