Inspiring Older Readers
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part One - Leslie Halward posted on 13 Apr 2016
The more digging you do to try and uncover the stories of working class writers, the more tasty little titbits you uncover.
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James Lee Burke’s Robicheaux novels posted on 07 Apr 2016
I’m not someone who finds reading sequences or series of books very enticing.
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An Answer For The Waffle Waitress posted on 28 Mar 2016
The peerless American stand-up comedian Bill Hicks used to perform a routine in which he reports an encounter with a waitress
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Living, loving and crying with Jude the Obscure posted on 12 Mar 2016
This is the second instalment of a series of pieces reflecting on books that changed my life
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New friendships, frozen playing fields and Under Milk Wood posted on 02 Mar 2016
I was not a sporty boy at school. No, that’s not right – I was not a sport-playing boy at school.
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The Mersey Sound : Adrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten posted on 25 Feb 2016
At some point while I was in my fifth ( and, as it turned out, my last) year at secondary school our small, rather haphazard library ordered a run of slim
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Dog days for the book hunter posted on 21 Feb 2016
I don't know about you but I find the couple of months after Christmas very tiresome.t
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Barry Hines posted on 20 Feb 2016
Alun Severn has been thinking about the writing of Barry Hines in his latest guest posting.
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Greeneland posted on 09 Feb 2016
A guest post from Alun Severn who has been thinking about reading Graham Greene...........
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Whistle while you read posted on 29 Jan 2016
Whistle while you read I’m a late developer in lots of areas of intellectual life.