Inspiring Older Readers
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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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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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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...
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The Hate U Give posted on 19 Apr 2018
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas This novel (aimed at young adults but it will appeal to plenty of older readers too) has had a lot of publicity...
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Look Back In Anger posted on 16 Apr 2018
I have seen two or three productions of Osborne’s iconic play – by professional and amateur companies ....
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How It Ended posted on 15 Apr 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads this collection of stories by Jay McInerney who, he notes," was seen as the brightest of bright young things"...
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The Flamethrowers posted on 13 Apr 2018
In the interests of full disclosure I want to say at the outset that this is a book I failed to finish...