Inspiring Older Readers
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Cotton Comes To Harlem posted on 18 Jun 2017
Chester Himes (1909 – 1984) frequently gets tagged with the label the ‘Black Raymond Chandler’ ...
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An Interview With Keggie Carew posted on 16 Jun 2017
An Interview With Keggie Carew
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Going back to the source and drawing from the well posted on 16 Jun 2017
The fashion for drawing on or even reinterpreting mythology seems to ebb and flow.
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Put Out More Flags posted on 16 Jun 2017
Regular guest reviewer, Alun Severn offers an alternative take on a book that previously got less than rave reviews on this site.
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Scenes From A Bookshop posted on 15 Jun 2017
The dividing line between fiction and memoir is almost impossible to distinguish in this slim book of stories/reminiscences....
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Edinburgh Book Festival unveils Brave New Words line-up posted on 14 Jun 2017
The Edinburgh International Book Festival today (13th June) launched its 2017 programme,
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Love On The Dole posted on 12 Jun 2017
It’s interesting the way in which certain books come to stand as representative of particular points in history or end-up being emblematic ....
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Pen and Scalpel: The new school of surgeon-writers posted on 11 Jun 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn considers the great writing that gives us a privileged look into the real world of the medical practitioner.
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Peer Gynt posted on 11 Jun 2017
I actually first came to read Ibsen’s Peer Gynt as a result of hearing Grieg’s famous suite of music..
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Woodbrook posted on 09 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads the 'extraordinary memoir' of David Thomson, a sensitive and troubled man.