Inspiring Older Readers
-
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 ......
-
The Lost Continent posted on 31 Oct 2017
I’m inherently suspicious of ‘funny’ books – they are usually quite the opposite ...
-
Prick Up Your Ears posted on 29 Oct 2017
I was recently reading a magazine article about the extraordinary things people do in libraries ...
-
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.
-
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,
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
Deadly Lies posted on 18 Oct 2017
You always have to wonder what you're going to think when you reread a book ...
-
Keeping On Keeping On posted on 14 Oct 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn falls for the charm of one of contemporary literature's great diarists.