Inspiring Older Readers
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The Uses of Literacy posted on 20 Jun 2017
A recent article in The New Statesman reminded me that it was time to revisit some of Richard Hoggart’s 1957 classic
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Cotton Comes To Harlem posted on 18 Jun 2017
Chester Himes (1909 – 1984) frequently gets tagged with the label the ‘Black Raymond Chandler’ ...
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Put Out More Flags posted on 16 Jun 2017
Regular guest reviewer, Alun Severn offers an alternative take on a book that previously got less than rave reviews on this site.
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Scenes From A Bookshop posted on 15 Jun 2017
The dividing line between fiction and memoir is almost impossible to distinguish in this slim book of stories/reminiscences....
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Love On The Dole posted on 12 Jun 2017
It’s interesting the way in which certain books come to stand as representative of particular points in history or end-up being emblematic ....
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Woodbrook posted on 09 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads the 'extraordinary memoir' of David Thomson, a sensitive and troubled man.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine posted on 07 Jun 2017
In some ways the 2008 crisis of capitalism that came so perilously close to destroying the World financial system seems to be oddly old news these days.
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The Refugees posted on 05 Jun 2017
I understand that the short story form is notoriously difficult for authors to do well ...
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Ashes In My Mouth, Sand In My Shoes posted on 04 Jun 2017
Norwegian novelist, Per Petterson’s breakthrough novel was the 2005 Out Stealing Horses...
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The Secret History posted on 02 Jun 2017
First published in 1992, The Secret History, Tartt’s first novel was a smash hit from the outset.