Inspiring Older Readers
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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.
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A Canticle For Leibowitz posted on 29 Apr 2025
Walter Miller was a regular contributor to the science fiction magazines which were proliferating in the US....
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The Laughter of my Father posted on 27 Apr 2025
Carlos Bulosan (1913 – 1956) was a name completely new to me when I stumbled upon his 1945 publication, The Laughter of my Father
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Seekers of Wonder posted on 23 Apr 2025
The sub-title of this book – Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland – will give you a usefully encapsulated idea....
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Les Enfants Terribles posted on 20 Apr 2025
Les Enfants Terribles by Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau (1889 – 1963) was a French poet, novelist and film director
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A Garden Of Sand posted on 12 Apr 2025
Thompson died young of heart disease in 1978 – he was only 47 years old – just as his reputation as a writer was becoming established.
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Bookish: How reading shapes our lives posted on 09 Apr 2025
I can’t give an exact date for when books - reading them, collecting them, hunting them down - first came into my life
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Billy Bathgate posted on 31 Mar 2025
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Billy Bathgate by E. L. Doctorow Doctorow and serves to remind us of what an extraordinary craftsman was.
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Destination Unknown posted on 23 Mar 2025
Christie’s name has become so indelibly associated with the ‘cosy crime’ genre she virtually defined ...