Inspiring Older Readers
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So they call you Pisher posted on 01 Nov 2017
I have always been impressed at the scope of Michael Rosen’s career so far ......
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The Lost Continent posted on 31 Oct 2017
I’m inherently suspicious of ‘funny’ books – they are usually quite the opposite ...
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The play’s the thing…. posted on 30 Oct 2017
It’s been quite a long time since I last went to see a play being performed on stage.
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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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Prick Up Your Ears posted on 29 Oct 2017
I was recently reading a magazine article about the extraordinary things people do in libraries ...
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Do Not Sell At Any Price posted on 28 Oct 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reviews a book that explores the boundary line between the collector and the hoarder.
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Assorted Bric-a-Brac posted on 27 Oct 2017
This is a recently published collection of fifty poems written between 1984 and 2016 by award winning Kevin Cowdall,
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Lemn Sissay at MAC, Birmingham (24/10/17) posted on 25 Oct 2017
Poet Lemn Sissay’s one person play Something Dark tells the story of his upbringing in children’s homes and foster care...
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A Weekend of Words in Ludlow posted on 24 Oct 2017
During the summer I was pleased to get a phone call out of the blue inviting me to do some Letterpress Project events at this small literary festival in Sh
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Journey To the Border posted on 24 Oct 2017
At the age of 29, Upward was a teacher at an independent school in Dulwich and in the same year he also joined the Communist Party