Inspiring Older Readers
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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.
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Adrian Wiszniewski posted on 08 Jun 2017
Adrian Wiszniewski was a new name to me before I came across Kidson’s beautifully produced introduction to his work.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine posted on 07 Jun 2017
In some ways the 2008 crisis of capitalism that came so perilously close to destroying the World financial system seems to be oddly old news these days.
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The Hay Literary Festival 4th June : The last hurrah for Festival 2017 posted on 06 Jun 2017
Sunday turned out to be a bit of an odd day all round really.
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The Refugees posted on 05 Jun 2017
I understand that the short story form is notoriously difficult for authors to do well ...
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The Hay Literary Festival 3rd June: Refugees and women who won’t be stereotyped posted on 04 Jun 2017
This event brought together Pulitzer Prize winning novels Viet Thanh Nguyen and Turkish journalist and first novelist, Ece Temelkuran.
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Ashes In My Mouth, Sand In My Shoes posted on 04 Jun 2017
Norwegian novelist, Per Petterson’s breakthrough novel was the 2005 Out Stealing Horses...
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The Secret History posted on 02 Jun 2017
First published in 1992, The Secret History, Tartt’s first novel was a smash hit from the outset.
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Fools of Fortune posted on 02 Jun 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn is impressed by William Trevor's special brand of Irish Realism
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The Hay Literary Festival 29th May : An interesting Bank Holiday Monday Morning posted on 31 May 2017
I was thrilled to discover that the award winning YA author Meg Rosoff was appearing at the Hay Literary Festival...