Inspiring Older Readers
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Just too many books? posted on 16 Jun 2019
This year's Hay book festival has come to an end and, for the first time in two or three years I didn't go to see anyone ....
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What Reading Means To Me posted on 13 Jun 2019
In a guest contribution, author, Kevin Cowdall writes about the endless possibilities a reading life provides...
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No Pasaran! They Shall Not Pass: A Story of the Battle of Madrid posted on 12 Jun 2019
Probably now best known for The Jungle, his exposé of the dreadful working conditions in the Chicago slaughterhouses, Upton was an unapologetic Socialist
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Country Girl posted on 02 Jun 2019
O’Brien had resolved never to write an autobiography but at the age of 78 she relented ...
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War Doctor posted on 31 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, adds 'War Doctor' by David Nott to his now impressive list of reviews featuring 'the new school of surgeon-writers'.
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The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World posted on 29 May 2019
William Egginton sets out his stall in the very first sentences of his introduction...
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Blindness posted on 26 May 2019
I like what Sebastian Faulks wrote about Henry Green in 2005 ...
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Machines Like Me posted on 22 May 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn struggles to develop an emotional engagement with Ian McEwan's latest novel exploring the advent of Artificial Intelligence
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The Swimming Pool Library posted on 20 May 2019
Alan Hollinghurst’s first novel, published in 1988, caused quite a stir on its release because of its bold and graphic descriptions of gay sex ..
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight posted on 17 May 2019
Sir Gawain is an iconic Arthurian text, probably written in the late 14th century in what is now known as Middle English