Inspiring Older Readers
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A.E. Coppard Selected Stories posted on 13 Jan 2017
I have never been a huge fan of the short story form.
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William McIlvanney posted on 10 Jan 2017
I recently wrote a review of Ian Rankin’s early novel starring DI John Rebus, Hide & Seek.
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Minster Gates Bookshop, York posted on 10 Jan 2017
The name of this bookshop will give you a clue to its location - tucked just around the corner from the famous York Minster
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Hide & Seek posted on 07 Jan 2017
Go into any bookshop and you’ll almost certainly find that they have a section of the shelving dedicated to ‘crime’
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All The Pretty Horses posted on 05 Jan 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn considers what is possibly the finest novel by one of America's greatest living authors.
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Fossgate Books, York posted on 04 Jan 2017
Fossgate used to be a thriving bookshop community until market forces and floods combined to slim down their numbers.
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Charles Dickens 1812-1870 : A biography, with examples of the work his finest illustrators posted on 01 Jan 2017
This is a genuinely curious and fascinating book produced in 1962
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Titus Groan posted on 01 Jan 2017
Writing in an article carried by The Guardian newspaper in 2014, novelist Marcus Sedgwick waxed lyrical about his love for Mervyn Peake
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Ken Spelman Books, York posted on 30 Dec 2016
You'll find Ken Spelman Booksellers in Micklegate which I think must be a pretty trendy part of York ...
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From Roald Dahl to Alan Garner posted on 30 Dec 2016
Yesterday evening I spent time with Michael Peach, an elderly retired architect who lives in a splendid Hobbit- like house ...