Inspiring Older Readers
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The Muse posted on 08 Aug 2016
I was really looking forward to this second novel by Jessie Burton as I had enjoyed The Miniaturist very much...
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Dirt Road posted on 04 Aug 2016
For someone who has won the Booker Prize – and a host of other literary prizes – Kelman doesn’t seem to have the sort of public profile....
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Regarding the Pain of Others posted on 02 Aug 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, reads Susan Sontag's essay in which she revisits the art of photography.
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With Chatwin posted on 31 Jul 2016
I always think I should like biographies more than I do.
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Bonjour Tristesse posted on 29 Jul 2016
Bonjour Tristesse - which translates as 'Hello Sadness' - is one of those books that has sat unread in my book collection for forty years.
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The Train In The Night posted on 28 Jul 2016
What must it be like to suddenly go completely deaf in one ear?
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Sons and Lovers posted on 24 Jul 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn, never a great Lawrence fan, takes another look at one of his classic novels.
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The Other posted on 21 Jul 2016
For many people Ryszard Kapuscinski, the Polish journalist, poet, photographer and traveller, who died in 2007, was the ultimate foreign correspondent
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Last Exit To Brooklyn posted on 20 Jul 2016
I guess that the old adage, ‘there’s no such thing as bad publicity’, could also apply to books that get banned
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Now and Then posted on 19 Jul 2016
Unbelievably, it’s been a little over five years since the untimely death of musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron.