Inspiring Older Readers
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part One - Leslie Halward posted on 13 Apr 2016
The more digging you do to try and uncover the stories of working class writers, the more tasty little titbits you uncover.
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Narratives of a Negress posted on 12 Apr 2016
When I found this book I had no idea who Kara Walker was and I didn't recognise the style or any of the artworks
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The Ampersand posted on 11 Apr 2016
Jack Common has virtually disappeared from public view - a state of affairs that would have dismayed much of the literary establishment
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Camera in Paris posted on 10 Apr 2016
I was really fortunate to stumble across this 1949 copy of the Focal Press edition of Camera in Paris not so long ago
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Hay Festival: What you need to know posted on 08 Apr 2016
The Daily Telegraph which sponsors the Hay Book Festival has published a short article promoting the next even in May.
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Out of the Pit posted on 08 Apr 2016
I’m pretty sure that this 1951 novel by John Barclay Pick is currently out of print
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James Lee Burke’s Robicheaux novels posted on 07 Apr 2016
I’m not someone who finds reading sequences or series of books very enticing.
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Troutmark Books, Cardiff posted on 06 Apr 2016
It's been the best part of 40 years since I last visited Cardiff and so it felt like visiting a city I'd never actually been to before.
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Alma Cogan posted on 05 Apr 2016
Gordon Burn died at the age of 61 in 2009, a victim of bowel cancer. His reputation within parts of the literary and artistic community...
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Kafka Was the Rage posted on 03 Apr 2016
I think I discovered Anatole Broyard’s Kafka Was the Rage as a consequence of reading Philip Roth’s The Human Stain.