Inspiring Older Readers
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The Crossing posted on 15 Jan 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn, moves on to read the second part of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy - and he's disappointed.
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A.E. Coppard Selected Stories posted on 13 Jan 2017
I have never been a huge fan of the short story form.
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Hide & Seek posted on 07 Jan 2017
Go into any bookshop and you’ll almost certainly find that they have a section of the shelving dedicated to ‘crime’
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All The Pretty Horses posted on 05 Jan 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn considers what is possibly the finest novel by one of America's greatest living authors.
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Titus Groan posted on 01 Jan 2017
Writing in an article carried by The Guardian newspaper in 2014, novelist Marcus Sedgwick waxed lyrical about his love for Mervyn Peake
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Whit posted on 28 Dec 2016
Prior to his untimely death from an aggressive cancer in 2013, I would make a point of trying to read any new releases by Iain Banks ..
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Orwell's Nose posted on 25 Dec 2016
The writing of George Orwell has been a constant in my life for as long as I’ve been a serious reader...
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The Sellout posted on 23 Dec 2016
Being the first novel by a US author to win the Booker Prize was always likely to be a mixed blessing for the writer.
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King Leopold’s Ghost posted on 16 Dec 2016
Guest writer, Alun Severn reads about the dreadful consequences of unfettered colonial power
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Wicked Company : Freethinkers and Friendship in Pre-Revolutionary Paris posted on 12 Dec 2016
I feel slightly hesitant to be enthusiastically recommending a book about the influence of the European Enlightenment in 18th century France