Inspiring Older Readers
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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
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The Boots Circulating Library posted on 28 Jul 2016
The Boots Circulating Library If you spend any time browsing around second-hand bookshops you are certain to come across cheaply bound, hardcover books
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The Archaeology of Working Class Writing : Part Four – Leslie Mitchell (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) posted on 06 Jul 2016
With a pen name like Lewis Grassic Gibbon ( a name derived from his mother’s side of the family) you would be excused for thinking that one of Scotland’s
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The joys of reading in bed posted on 26 Jun 2016
I've always thought that this modest little phrase is more redolent of indulgence than almost any other I can think of.
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Fear in the classroom: reading Lord of the Flies posted on 21 Jun 2016
Another in the series of occasional pieces about books that have had an important part in creating my reading identity.
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On Rereading posted on 13 Jun 2016
Guest writer, Alun Severn, considers the pleasures of returning to books read in his youth....