Inspiring Older Readers
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Desert Island Books posted on 19 Dec 2020
During the various lockdowns of 2020 I’ve found myself listening to (far too much) Radio 4 Extra ...
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It must be out there somewhere....? posted on 29 Oct 2020
I love the power of serendipity when I’m out looking for books.
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Rereading Edmund White (again) posted on 02 Sep 2020
Guest writer, Alun Severn reassesses the career of Edmund White as age and illness begin to take their toll.
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Spirits of the Season: the pleasure of well-chosen ghost stories posted on 24 Aug 2020
Guest writer, Alun Severn ignores the seasonal anomaly and sinks into an artfully selected collection of classic ghost stories.
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Is this my summer of the short story? posted on 30 Jul 2020
At the very start of ‘lockdown’ (or more ominously perhaps, ‘lockdown one’) I wrote a piece for this website saying how hard I was finding it to read
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Rereading George Orwell’s Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters posted on 19 Jun 2020
Guest writer, Alun Severn reflects on his long-standing relationship with the essays and journalism of George Orwell.
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Reading in strange times: Oxfordshire, Shetland or Bloomsbury? posted on 25 May 2020
You might wonder what the connection is between these three very different settings for novels.
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Rereading Atonement (and more) posted on 22 May 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn rereads what is possibly Ian McEwan's most famous novel
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Denis Piper Revisited posted on 15 May 2020
Back in November 2018 I wrote a piece for this site in praise of the book jacket graphics of Denis Piper.
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Cataloguing My Books posted on 25 Apr 2020
It’s now a month into the extreme social distancing of the Coronavirus lockdown and I have to admit my patience is getting a bit frayed..