Inspiring Older Readers
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Black Fire! New Spirits! posted on 16 Nov 2017
Let’s suppose you know nothing of the history of the Black civil rights movement in the USA during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books posted on 08 Nov 2017
I have a confession to make. I’m the kind of person who gets invited to your house and spends way too much time looking at your bookshelves
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The Lost Words posted on 05 Nov 2017
This has to be a contender for the lost beautiful and thoughtful book of 2017.
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The Illustrated Dust jacket 1920 – 1970 posted on 29 Oct 2017
It’s not very often that I squeak out aloud when I find a new book on the shelves ....
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The Modern Rake’s Progress posted on 15 Oct 2017
Published in 1934 this slender satirical tale from Rebecca West ....
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Penguin by Illustrators posted on 08 Oct 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn revels in a book singing the praises of some Penguin paperback illustrators
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C.R.W. Nevinson: This Cult of Violence posted on 30 Sep 2017
Christopher (usually known by the initials C.R.W.) Nevinson (1889 – 1946) was one of the best regarded but most controversial British artists
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Extinct Boids posted on 24 Sep 2017
In the world of illustration what does the name Ralph Steadman bring to mind?
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A new edition of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood posted on 13 Sep 2017
I have written before about the fact that I think that the publishing industry has responded to the digital threat by really substantially upping its game.
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Dotter of her Father’s Eyes posted on 10 Sep 2017
I’m not, by temperament, a reader of graphic novels ...