Inspiring Older Readers
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More on Barbara Pym posted on 13 Jun 2022
Guest writer, Alun Severn looks back at the work of Barbara Pym and finds her 'a more complex, more accomplished and more acerbic writer' than he expected.
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The Gay Metropolis 1940 – 1996 posted on 09 Jun 2022
Kaiser is a journalist who has previously been a New York Times reporter and Newsweek editor – and it shows.
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One posted on 06 Jun 2022
New Yorker, David Karp (1922 – 1999) is best remembered for his 1953 novel, One which, alongside George Orwell’s 1984...
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Something Wicked from Japan posted on 02 Jun 2022
This extraordinary book, in both English and Japanese, is a superb introduction to ‘Ghosts, demons & Yokai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces’ as the subtitle
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The Gate of Angels posted on 30 May 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads Penelope Fitzgerald's novel and finds it has 'a mysteriously conveyed undercurrent of tragic melancholy'
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Unconditional Love posted on 29 May 2022
This beautifully presented book is an impressive collection of poems, prose, and thoughts written by parents, children and young people ..
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch posted on 23 May 2022
What do you get when you bring together two of the most inventive and irreverent writers of cult fantasy novels?
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The Glass Room posted on 19 May 2022
Shortlisted for the 2009 Booker Prize, this novel, as its title suggests, puts architecture – political, social and domestic
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Under the Net posted on 16 May 2022
This was Iris Murdoch’s first novel published in 1954 and found itself being lumped alongside some unlikely bedfellows.
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Nemesis posted on 13 May 2022
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Philip Roth's final book and decides that it's 'more than merely prescient, it seems steeped in our contemporary reality'