Inspiring Older Readers
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The Last Poets posted on 09 May 2017
Dutch writer and music journalist Christine Otten is completely in thrall to the legend of The Last Poets...
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Memoirs of Hadrian posted on 07 May 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reviews 'Memoirs of Hadrian' and concludes that it is 'a Proustian triumph of imaginative historical writing'.
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The Slynx posted on 04 May 2017
The Slynx was published in 2003 in the US after its original release in Russia in 2000 and garnered almost universal praise...
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Dear Ijeawele posted on 03 May 2017
This is a little jewel of a book by the very readable award winning Nigerian author,
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Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-45 posted on 30 Apr 2017
When this book appeared in 1977 it was pretty much the first dedicated analysis of what it was like trying to be a professional writer...
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The Dancer and the Drum posted on 25 Apr 2017
The first thing to say is that this is a book that is a lovely thing to read because it is printed on a sumptuous creamy paper...
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House of the Rising Sun posted on 23 Apr 2017
Elsewhere on this site I have written about my love of James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux sequence of novels ...
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A Train in Winter: A Story of Resistance, Friendship and Survival posted on 21 Apr 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, finds the story of the brave women of the French Resistance both heart-rending and rewarding
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Thin Air posted on 17 Apr 2017
What’s the best way to spend a rather cold, dismal Easter day when the shops are closed and there’s no real incentive to set foot out of doors
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In Place of Fear posted on 12 Apr 2017
In general terms, it has not been my experience that political tracts travel well down through time.