Inspiring Older Readers
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The Norfolk Mystery posted on 05 Jun 2025
So where do you stand on the issue of ‘comic’ thriller/detective fiction?
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Matryona’s House and other stories posted on 02 Jun 2025
Guest writer and reviewer, Alun Severn is drawn to read a classic short story by Solzhenitsyn by the superb design aesthetic of the Penguin jacket
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Powers of Reading: From Plato to Audiobooks posted on 29 May 2025
Peter Szendy, a French philosopher and musicologist, is the David Herlihy Professor of Humanities and Comparative Literature at Brown University
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The Celestial Omnibus posted on 25 May 2025
When I stumbled on this book in a second-hand shop, it was the name Ernest Bramah that caught my eye...
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Scablands and Other Stories posted on 20 May 2025
Here at the Letterpress Project we’ve been fortunate enough to have a long-standing connection with the talented author, Jonathan Taylor.
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The Stone Raft posted on 18 May 2025
I’ve seen Jose Saramago’s novel, The Stone Raft cited as an example of ‘magic realism’
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The Ministry of Fear posted on 14 May 2025
Back in 2016, one of our esteemed contributors, Alan Severn, wrote a piece about Graham Greene
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State of Ridicule: A history of satire in English literature posted on 11 May 2025
This is a huge book in every sense of that word:
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Nicholas Nickleby posted on 07 May 2025
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes on Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens but finds he runs out of steam despite finding it an impressive achievement
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A Moment of War posted on 04 May 2025
A Moment of War is the third part of Lee’s autobiographical trilogy and one that for some obscure reason I never got around to reading before now.