Inspiring Older Readers
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Special story posted on 11 May 2023
I always enjoy a new challenge when it comes to inspiring people about reading and relishing books.
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Brave New World posted on 08 May 2023
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984 must be the two so-called ‘dystopian’ novels that most people would name if asked to produce
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Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales posted on 27 Apr 2023
Jack Zipes is a rare and precious commodity: an academic who is readable and accessible.
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Visible and Invisible posted on 24 Apr 2023
Edward Frederic Benson (1867 – 1940) is probably now best known for his series of novels and stories featuring the characters Mapp & Lucia
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Love of Seven Dolls posted on 20 Apr 2023
I’m not sure why but I’m always a bit reluctant to read Paul Gallico.
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White Bicycles: Making Music posted on 17 Apr 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn appreciates Joe Boyd's memoir that pulls back the curtain on the alternative music scene of the Sixties
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Bad Book Club posted on 13 Apr 2023
Back in late 2022 when I reviewed Robin Ince’s amiable confessional, Bibliomaniac, I noted then that:....
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Nightmare posted on 10 Apr 2023
Lynn Brock was the pseudonym of Irish playwright, Alexander Patrick McAllister who achieved considerable success as a ‘Golden Age’ detective novelist
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Love and Summer and The Story of Lucy Gault posted on 03 Apr 2023
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn considers the merits of two later novels from William Trevor
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Impermanent Blackness: The Making and Unmaking of Interracial Literary Culture in Modern America posted on 30 Mar 2023
When I first started making regular visits to second hand bookshops in the UK, I would often see British book club versions of novels by Frank Yerby.