Inspiring Older Readers
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Three novels for snow days posted on 07 Mar 2018
Because of the unusually harsh recent weather I have been able to stay snuggled at home and make my way through more books than usual.
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Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir posted on 02 Mar 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn ends his reading dry-spell when he picks up John Banville's Dublin memoir
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Thinking about Ambrose Bierce and Dipping into The Devil’s Dictionary posted on 20 Feb 2018
I am a man and therefore I like lists.
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Refugee Tales: A conversation with Rachel Holmes posted on 13 Feb 2018
Refugee Tales : A conversation with Rachel Holmes
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Bullied by the Russians in the corner posted on 10 Feb 2018
Sometimes I take a look at my ‘to be read’ pile and ignore it in favour of a freestyling trawl through the shelves
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Books Do Furnish A Room? posted on 04 Feb 2018
There are moments in life when looking after your books has to take priority over actually reading them.
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Saturday posted on 28 Jan 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes a second look at Ian McEwan's 'Saturday' and decides his original judgements may need revision
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Homeward Bound (without a book to read) posted on 23 Jan 2018
I usually have something to keep me busy when I am travelling by train but the other day I found myself at a loose end...
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A Book-lover in Katmandu posted on 05 Jan 2018
This article originally appeared in the 2016 Letterpress Project publication 'Bookshop Memories Revisited'
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The surprising Boris Vian posted on 18 Dec 2017
I recently did a review of James Campbell’s engagingly readable book, Paris Interzone which profiled the city as a literary hub for European and self-exile