Inspiring Older Readers
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Letter from New York posted on 04 Apr 2020
The odds are that if you know the name Helene Hanff it’s likely to be because of her most famous book, 84 Charing Cross Road
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The Existential Englishman: Paris Among the Artists posted on 03 Apr 2020
Michael Peppiatt’s biographical details are positively mouth-watering for anyone with my interests.
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Double Whammy posted on 01 Apr 2020
Former journalist turned prolific novelist, Carl Hiaasen was something of an eco-warrior before it was fashionable to be so.
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Will You Take Me As I Am: Joni Mitchell’s Blue Period posted on 30 Mar 2020
Writing about music is such a difficult thing. Writing about music that is deeply meaningful to you is even harder
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Mrs Woolf & the Servants posted on 27 Mar 2020
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn pulls back the curtain on the lives of 'downstairs' staff of a famous writer.
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Reading Room Only : memoir of a radical bibliophile posted on 24 Mar 2020
Political activists are popularly supposed to be wild-eyed visionaries or ranting dogmatists ...
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Everything That Rises Must Converge posted on 21 Mar 2020
I’m not a huge fan of short stories but when I read one that captures my imagination I think it’s a glorious form of writing.
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The Republic of Whores posted on 16 Mar 2020
Take a pinch of Catch-22, add a sprinkling of M*A*S*H and lace with a liberal dose of The Good Soldier Svejk ....
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A Long Petal of the Sea posted on 10 Mar 2020
The multi-award winning author is described on the book jacket as ‘a novelist, feminist and philanthropist’ ...
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Authorised Murder posted on 07 Mar 2020
I would imagine that most people associate Isaac Asimov with writing either science fact or science fiction...