Inspiring Older Readers
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Two Photozines from Brian Homer posted on 27 Feb 2023
I was delighted to get my hands on two more Photozines from Birmingham-based photographer, Brian Homer.
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Gods and Mortals: Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers posted on 26 Jan 2023
Sarah Iles Johnston is the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Religion at The Ohio State University, where she teaches ..
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Three Men in a Boat posted on 12 Jan 2023
Jerome’s 1889 classic, Three Men in a Boat started life as a genuine attempt to write a travel guide tracing a journey from London
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The Horse + Bamboo Poster Book posted on 09 Jan 2023
When I’m out and about scouring the charity and junk shops for books, one of the things I enjoy most is stumbling across a publication
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Agatha Christie Cover Story posted on 13 Nov 2022
If you are a fan of the detective stories of Agatha Christie and you’ve owned a paperback of her work published before or just after 1980 by Fontana...
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Art Matters posted on 26 Sep 2022
For a cohort of teenagers and those in their early twenties, Neil Gaiman is something of a guru ...
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Quentin Blake: A Year of Drawings posted on 19 Sep 2022
At the time of peak lockdown in 2020 being effectively under Covid house-arrest, people found themselves doing uncharacteristically obsessive things
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Nosing around other people’s bookshelves posted on 05 Sep 2022
If you are foolish enough to invite me into your house be prepared for me to make a beeline for your bookshelves,
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Vintage Everyman Paperbacks posted on 01 Sep 2022
The Everyman library of book titles must be one of the better known book imprints ...
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Gothic posted on 21 Jul 2022
This overview of all things Gothic by Richard Davenport-Hines starts from quite a simple proposition ...