Inspiring Older Readers
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The Feast posted on 21 Aug 2017
I can’t imagine I would ever have stumbled across this book had it not been for a slightly mysterious email ....
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A visit to the American Writers Museum, Chicago, USA posted on 20 Aug 2017
Take a walk south down North Michigan Avenue and you’d be forgiven if you drifted straight past the newly opened American Writers Museum.
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Riceyman Steps posted on 18 Aug 2017
I’ve always thought of Arnold Bennett (1867 – 1931) as an moderately interesting but essentially second division novelist...
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Bloom and Curll, Bristol posted on 18 Aug 2017
We found Bloom and Curll on Colston Street because we were actually exploring the historic Christmas Steps area of Bristol.
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Edward Gorey: His book cover art & design posted on 17 Aug 2017
Edward Gorey died in 2000 at the age of 75 and I think it’s fair to say that he’s now a bigger cult figure than he was even when he was alive ...
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Writing In An Age of Silence posted on 15 Aug 2017
Like me, you might have thought that US politics had pretty much scraped the bottom of the barrel when it elected George W. Bush.
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Beware of the Leopard Books, Bristol posted on 14 Aug 2017
Beware of the Leopard Books can be found by walking through the indoor section of St. Nicholas Market in St. Nicholas Street...
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The Bookshop posted on 13 Aug 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads Fitzgerald's superb second novel and considers the development of her writing career
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The Cheltenham Literary Festival 2017 posted on 13 Aug 2017
The full programme for the Cheltenham Literary Festival has been published.
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The Music Shop posted on 11 Aug 2017
You might be tempted to think that Rachel Joyce’s latest novel owes something or shares similar territory to that explored in Nick Hornby’s ...