Inspiring Older Readers
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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
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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.