Inspiring Older Readers
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The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida posted on 26 Jul 2023
Shehan Karunatilaka’s novel won the 2022 Booker Prize....
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Murder in the Bookshop posted on 23 Jul 2023
Reprinted in Collins’ Detective Story Club series, Murder in the Bookshop was originally published in 1936 ....
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Vengeance posted on 19 Jul 2023
Benjamin Black is the pen-name of the great Irish novelist, John Banville.
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Sometimes you just can’t resist… posted on 16 Jul 2023
Where do you stand on the question of owning multiple different editions of the same book?
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Behind the Scenes at the Museum posted on 12 Jul 2023
Kate Atkinson is now a well-established and respected novelist with over fifteen successful books to her name
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The Ponson Case posted on 06 Jul 2023
When I read Crofts’ first novel, The Cask, at the start of the year, I was impressed by the way he created a knotty mystery that he unwound in forensic det
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The Midnight Library posted on 03 Jul 2023
Matt Haig’s struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts are well documented and, along with a fascination with time.....
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay posted on 29 Jun 2023
To write a short review of a novel as huge as Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is a daunting prospect.
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The City of Mist posted on 26 Jun 2023
When a much admired author dies comparatively young – Zafon was just 55 when he succumbed to cancer – there’s always a temptation ....
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Poor Cow posted on 22 Jun 2023
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the emergence of a genre of literature that presented an uncompromising portrait of life in working class communities