Inspiring Older Readers
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Spray It Loud posted on 26 Jun 2016
Travel back to the febrile political environment of the early Thatcher years.
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Claudine's House posted on 25 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, takes a look at a writer at the peak of her powers.
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Atkinson and Duffy turn out for tenth Wimbledon BookFest posted on 25 Jun 2016
The line up for the tenth annual Wimbledon BookFest has been announced
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The Plague (Le Peste) posted on 24 Jun 2016
When the rats start to leave the cellars and sewers and drop dead, the population of Oran in Algeria is puzzled but not unduly upset
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An Interview With Chris Collett posted on 23 Jun 2016
An interview with Chris Collett
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It's all writ out for you: the art of Scottie Wilson posted on 22 Jun 2016
There's nothing I love more than stumbling across a book I didn't know existed
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Fear in the classroom: reading Lord of the Flies posted on 21 Jun 2016
Another in the series of occasional pieces about books that have had an important part in creating my reading identity.
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The Hare With Amber Eyes posted on 20 Jun 2016
Alun Severn has been rereading Edmund de Waal’s remarkable book, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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Letterpress @ Exeter College, Exeter posted on 19 Jun 2016
Karen Argent, the Letterpress Project Director, took a wide selection of picture books to show to students
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold posted on 18 Jun 2016
I remember quite clearly the first time I read this book when I was at university in Bangor, North Wales