Inspiring Older Readers
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A Bookshop of One’s Own posted on 14 Apr 2024
The idea of a bookshop dedicated to stocking the work of female writers – fiction and non-fiction with a focus on emerging feminist theory....
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The Shadow of the Wind posted on 10 Apr 2024
Originally written in Spanish and published in 2001, this world-wide blockbuster was translated into English in 2004
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Cherry-Blossoms: Japanese Haiku (series III) posted on 08 Apr 2024
I read much less poetry than I used to.
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The Wild Party posted on 04 Apr 2024
Joseph Moncure March (1899 – 1977) was born in New York and after the First World War he started his career in magazines.
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Map of Another Town posted on 02 Apr 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads MFK Fisher's recollection of a beautiful place in a desperate time, written with courage and dignity and stoicism
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The Adventuress posted on 27 Mar 2024
Back in 1917 when this book was first published, U.S. author, Arthur B. Reeve was astonishingly popular.
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The Thirties: An intimate history posted on 24 Mar 2024
I have to admit that reading Juliet Gardiner’s The Thirties: An intimate history was something of a long-running project.
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A Pound Of Paper posted on 20 Mar 2024
Back in 2016 I wrote a review of this book which is reproduced below.
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Other People’s Worlds posted on 17 Mar 2024
William Trevor is a cunning old fox of a writer.
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Revisiting Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee posted on 10 Mar 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn discovers the darker edge of Laurie Lee's much treasured memoir, Cider With Rosie.