Inspiring Older Readers
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Echoes Of A Death posted on 24 Sep 2016
I never tire of reading Helene Hanff’s love letters to the booksellers of Marks & Co in her slim volume, 84 Charing Cross Road.
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Rereading Ian McEwan posted on 14 Sep 2016
Regular guest contributor, Alun Severn, revisits the work of Ian McEwan
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The Archaeology of Working Class Writing : Part Five – Lewis Jones posted on 12 Sep 2016
The short but eventful life of Lewis Jones ( 1897 – 1939 ) deserves to be more widely celebrated than it is.
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Rereading Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam and thinking about its legacy posted on 08 Sep 2016
As the period of the last Labour government slips further into history...
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What ever happened to the prize book? posted on 02 Sep 2016
Rummaging through the shelves of second hand bookshops or the books in charity shops that sit in the ‘old and collectible’ sections
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Books in my life posted on 28 Aug 2016
A further contribution from author Chitra Soundar
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What Good Books Do posted on 21 Aug 2016
A guest post from Chitra Soundar that first appeared on her website in 2015
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What makes a good author interview? posted on 18 Aug 2016
I’ve just come back from Edinburgh where I was privileged to be at one of the literature festival’s first author interviews
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Confessions of an Eavesdropper posted on 11 Aug 2016
As you might imagine, I spend a lot of my time looking at books in the children's sections of bookshops ...
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Ethel Mannin : novelist, travel writer and Socialist posted on 03 Aug 2016
Recently I’ve been thinking about all the books and authors that I ignored when I was younger