Inspiring Older Readers
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To Read Is To Fly posted on 01 Jan 2020
For any teacher or parent there are likely to be occasions when you will spend time with a child who is primed, ready and willing to read
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That Reminds Me posted on 30 Dec 2019
In its review of Derek Owusu’s ‘That Reminds Me’, The Guardian refers to this as ‘the first novel to be published by Stormzy’s publishing imprint
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The Fatal Eggs posted on 27 Dec 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Mikhail Bulgakov's remarkable hybrid of political satire and science fiction.
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Love, Sex, Death and Words: Surprising Tales From A Year In Literature posted on 19 Dec 2019
What do the following have in common: the official start of US involvement in Vietnam; the start of the Icelandic cod-war; .....
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Scribbles In The Margins posted on 14 Dec 2019
I think the strapline of this book – ’50 Eternal Delights of Books’ – gives you a pretty good idea that you’re in for a mellow and relaxing read
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Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World posted on 11 Dec 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads an account of war-time resistance that "you can only read with a sense of astonishment and a feeling of inadequacy".
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The Ministry of Truth by Dorian Lynskey posted on 06 Dec 2019
Is there really space for another book about how Orwell wrote his masterpiece, 1984?
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Tastes of Honey posted on 04 Dec 2019
I greatly admire the work of Selina Todd, Professor of Modern History at Oxford University ....
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The Bookwoman’s Last Fling posted on 01 Dec 2019
This is the fifth and what seems likely to be the last in the popular Cliff Janeway biblio-detective, series of novels.
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Rereading Frederick Forsyth’s The Odessa File posted on 29 Nov 2019
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads a novel that virtually invented the modern genre known as the 'documentary thriller'.