Inspiring Older Readers
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The happy accidents of reading: Richard Ford, Saul Bellow, Martin Amis posted on 25 Sep 2024
Guest writer, Alun Severn gives us a privileged glimpse into what has shaped his reading over recent weeks.
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One for the collectors: Ulysses by James Joyce posted on 23 Sep 2024
I’m a huge admirer of James Joyce’s great novel, Ulysses and, because I was long ago incurably bitten by the collectors’ bug, I go out of my way ...
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If you’re going to sign, do it properly posted on 12 Sep 2024
I’m very fond of a signed book - it’s something I’ve written about at some length on this site before.
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It’s all about branding when it comes to the Master of Suspense posted on 28 Aug 2024
If, like me, you’re constantly trawling every shop you can think of for bargain bookish finds....
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The pleasures of cheap, sensational books posted on 03 Jul 2024
If you’re old enough, cast your mind back to the days when Woolworths or W.H. Smiths stocked a range of books...
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Remembering radical bookselling in the 1980s posted on 12 Jun 2024
Regular guest contributor to the Letterpress Project, Alun Severn worked in radical bookselling in the mid-80s and has written a reminiscence of this time
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The Times Authors Number 2: George Orwell posted on 05 Jun 2024
Back at the start of the 1970s when I was beginning to discover the excitement of reading and literature, I relied heavily on the Sunday broadsheets
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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery posted on 19 May 2024
I guess we’re all reluctant to give up on our favourite literary characters.
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Keeping On Keeping On: Revisiting Alan Bennett’s diaries and memoirs on his 90th birthday posted on 15 May 2024
Guest writer, Alun Severn pays tribute to Alan Bennett and considers the diaries that make him a modern-day Pepys.
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Good anthologies: a new pleasure posted on 13 Mar 2024
Ever since I started reading with real intent, I’ve shied away from anthologies.