Inspiring Older Readers
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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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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.
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Hard Travellin’ posted on 13 Oct 2017
Kenneth Allsop died at the age of 53 in 1973, very possibly as the result of a deliberate barbiturate overdose.
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Rosemary's Baby posted on 11 Oct 2017
It’s taken me a long time to get around to reading this book...
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Diary of a Bookseller posted on 09 Oct 2017
Anyone who has ever worked in a book shop – second hand or not – will know that there is endless entertainment to be had ...
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Winds of October posted on 06 Oct 2017
Given that this year marks the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the 1917 Russian Revolution, it’s probably not too surprising ....
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The Unsung Sixties: Memoirs of Social Innovation posted on 04 Oct 2017
I think that when people wax lyrical about the exciting, innovative 1960s they tend to use it as a kind of shorthand
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Enigma posted on 02 Oct 2017
Regular guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes a look at a book he thinks sits alongside the best of Le Carre, Greene or Ambler.