Inspiring Older Readers
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So they call you Pisher posted on 01 Nov 2017
I have always been impressed at the scope of Michael Rosen’s career so far ......
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The Lost Continent posted on 31 Oct 2017
I’m inherently suspicious of ‘funny’ books – they are usually quite the opposite ...
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Prick Up Your Ears posted on 29 Oct 2017
I was recently reading a magazine article about the extraordinary things people do in libraries ...
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Do Not Sell At Any Price posted on 28 Oct 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reviews a book that explores the boundary line between the collector and the hoarder.
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Assorted Bric-a-Brac posted on 27 Oct 2017
This is a recently published collection of fifty poems written between 1984 and 2016 by award winning Kevin Cowdall,
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Journey To the Border posted on 24 Oct 2017
At the age of 29, Upward was a teacher at an independent school in Dulwich and in the same year he also joined the Communist Party
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The Rise of the Novel posted on 21 Oct 2017
I have a very soft spot for Ian Watt’s ground-breaking study in literary criticism.
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A Life With Books posted on 19 Oct 2017
I found this modest 27 page essay a haunting read – primarily because it contained so many echoes of my own relationship with books.
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Deadly Lies posted on 18 Oct 2017
You always have to wonder what you're going to think when you reread a book ...
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The Strange Library posted on 17 Oct 2017
So another year slips past and once again, much to the chagrin and puzzlement of his fans, Haruki Murakami doesn’t get the Nobel prize for literature.