Inspiring Older Readers
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Woodcuts posted on 15 Oct 2024
I am particularly fond of woodcuts as a method of illustration – they’re dramatic, often superbly expressive and devilishly difficult to do well.
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The Strange Library posted on 01 Oct 2024
So another year slips past and once again, much to the chagrin and puzzlement of his fans, Haruki Murakami doesn’t get the Nobel prize for literature.
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address posted on 10 Jul 2024
It somehow feels entirely appropriate, in this year when the USA stands on the edge of what might be its most significant Presidential election..
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The Times Authors Number 2: George Orwell posted on 05 Jun 2024
Back at the start of the 1970s when I was beginning to discover the excitement of reading and literature, I relied heavily on the Sunday broadsheets
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Everyday Jazz Lives: Encounters with the Birmingham Scene posted on 08 May 2024
There is something magnetic about the relationship between jazz, jazz musicians and photography.
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The Bind posted on 21 Apr 2024
In my experience graphic novels tend to divide opinion.
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Cherrywood Cannon posted on 21 Jan 2024
It is remarkable how few illustrated books in recent times – picture books if you will – are produced for an adult readership.
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The Cleft Stick posted on 07 Nov 2023
I would imagine that the majority of people who have heard of Walter Greenwood will have done so because he is the author of the novel Love On The Dole
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Libraries posted on 29 May 2023
German photographer, Candida Höfer was born in 1944 and her body of work has brought her international recognition ....
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Portrait of the Writer: Literary Lives in Focus posted on 01 Mar 2023
When I first came across this book it felt as if someone had conceived and designed it with my interests specifically in mind.