Inspiring Older Readers
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Read The World : UNESCO's Global Book Policy & The Collection of Representative Works posted on 03 May 2018
Here’s something I didn’t know: between 1948 and 2005, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) ran ...
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Rosie: Scenes from a vanished life posted on 02 May 2018
I have just finished reading ‘Rosie: scenes from a vanished life’ and so I was very pleased to be able to hear Rose Tremain talk about her autobiography
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The Story of My Typewriter posted on 29 Apr 2018
As I start this review I have the feeling that you’re going to struggle to understand why I find this little book so compelling and irresistible
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The Limited Editions Book Club and Heritage Press posted on 27 Apr 2018
I’ve written before on this site about my admiration for many of the books produced by the Folio Society......
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Coal Black Mornings posted on 26 Apr 2018
Back when the 1980s turned into the 1990s I had become pretty detached from the pop and rock music scene...
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Paris posted on 25 Apr 2018
This 1960 history-cum-appreciation of the city of Paris caught my attention because it is liberally illustrated with black and white photographs ...
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Rose’s Children’s Bookshop, Hay-On-Wye posted on 24 Apr 2018
Situated at the bottom of the town, Rose’s Children’s Bookshop must have a claim to be one of the most attractive...
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The Green Road posted on 22 Apr 2018
It always helps to have an author’s voice in my head when I am reading a novel.
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Molly Keane: A Life posted on 21 Apr 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Sally Phipps' memoir of her mother, the redoubtable author and playwright, Molly Keane.
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Ghostly posted on 20 Apr 2018
Anthologies of ghost stories are often formulaic and rather predictable with tales you’ve read a hundred times before. So it’s great...