Inspiring Older Readers
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Competition rages in sleepy Budbrooke: The notorious picture book quiz posted on 15 Jun 2018
This is the third time that I have been asked to do a session about children’s books for The Entrust Care Partnership
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Giovanni’s Room posted on 15 Jun 2018
In 1948, an angry James Baldwin decided to leave America and headed for the city of disillusioned fellow ex-patriot writers and would-be writers, Paris.
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An Interview With Lavie Tidhar posted on 13 Jun 2018
An Interview With Lavie Tidhar
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Lucien Pissarro in England: The Eragny Press 1895 – 1914 posted on 12 Jun 2018
Lucien was the rather troublesome eldest son of the great Impressionist, Camille Pissarro.
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The Story of the Eye posted on 11 Jun 2018
What is the boundary line between art, philosophy and pornography?
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Rereading Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint posted on 10 Jun 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn pays tribute to Philip Roth by rereading his most (in)famous novel
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An Interview With Jack Zipes posted on 10 Jun 2018
An Interview With Jack Zipes
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This Side of Paradise posted on 06 Jun 2018
Published in 1920, Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel was successful enough to enable him to marry Zelda in the same year
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Cultural Politics at the Fin de Siecle posted on 04 Jun 2018
Published by Cambridge University Press these collections of themed essays for an academic audience are always a bit of a hit and miss affair...
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Philip Pullman, Marina Warner and Jack Zipes at the Hay Literary Festival, 2nd June 2018 posted on 03 Jun 2018
You know when you’ve been at a top rate event at a literary festival when you come away from the tent saying things like...