Inspiring Older Readers
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In Praise of Shadows posted on 23 Dec 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reviews a meditative masterpiece of classic Japanese literature
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Classic Covers: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley posted on 22 Dec 2018
Huxley’s novel of a future dystopia seems to especially attract book designers and book jacket artists ...
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know: The fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce posted on 19 Dec 2018
Toibin’s book has its origins in a series of lectures he delivered in the USA ...
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The Land Of Dreams posted on 17 Dec 2018
The Land Of Dreams by Kevin Cowdall is an original publication by The Letterpress Project in partnership with the poet and the illustrator, Chris Riddell.
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Seymour Chwast: The Left-Handed Designer posted on 16 Dec 2018
Born in 1931, Seymour Chwast is now acknowledged as one of the most influential graphic designers in the second half of the twentieth century.
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The Enigma of Arrival posted on 13 Dec 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, returns to the work of V.S. Naipaul and ponders the proposition that 'great subjects are illuminated best by small dramas’
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After Magritte posted on 11 Dec 2018
This is a play I’m very fond of ever since I first saw it produced by the drama department when I was at Bangor University
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The Shipping News posted on 09 Dec 2018
Rereading books you especially loved the first time around can be a tense experience ...
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Great Jones Street posted on 06 Dec 2018
I came to this novel in a round-about way; I saw it listed on a ‘ten-best novels about rock music’ list ...
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An Interview with Victoria Bennett posted on 04 Dec 2018
An Interview with Victoria Bennett