Inspiring Older Readers
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man posted on 12 May 2016
A guest review from Alun Severn in which he reassesses Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - and finds he has some issues with it.
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The Dumas Club posted on 08 May 2016
I wonder how many people who are familiar with the Johnny Depp / Roman Polanski movie collaboration called The Ninth Gate...
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Stuart: A life backwards posted on 04 May 2016
I first read Stuart : A Life Backwards in 2005 when it was first published and it has stuck with me ever since.
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The Red Hourglass posted on 04 May 2016
A guest review from Alun Severn that takes a look at a book that redefines the phrase 'red in tooth and claw'
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Love Lies Bleeding posted on 01 May 2016
When I first encountered the novels of Edmund Crispin I just couldn't get enough of them.
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Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape posted on 28 Apr 2016
Occasionally there are books which you feel obliged to read for professional reasons but which break the bounds of the mundane
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The Secret Scripture posted on 26 Apr 2016
I belong to a book club where members choose a book that they like for us all to read and discuss.
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Northern ReSisters: Conversations with Radical Women posted on 25 Apr 2016
Guest reviewer, Christina Hyland, takes a look at a book about women from the North of England with politically radical views
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The Informer posted on 22 Apr 2016
Published in 1925 and dealing with Ireland immediately after the declaration of independence, O’Flaherty’s novel is ...
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Eustace Chisholm & The Works posted on 17 Apr 2016
James Purdy (1914 – 2009) is very much a writers writer – or, maybe for some, a fringe cult author.