Inspiring Older Readers
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Dear Ijeawele posted on 03 May 2017
This is a little jewel of a book by the very readable award winning Nigerian author,
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The Crooked Book, Boscombe, Dorset posted on 02 May 2017
Located on the Christchurch Road in Boscombe – a long, long shopping street – Crooked Books is an entertaining mix of vintage shopping, café cum restaurant
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Communing with radical spirits posted on 01 May 2017
In the two or three days after Easter I was lucky enough to spend time in Bournemouth when spring was springing...
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An Interview With Annie Murray/Abi Oliver posted on 30 Apr 2017
An Interview With Annie Murray/Abi Oliver
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Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-45 posted on 30 Apr 2017
When this book appeared in 1977 it was pretty much the first dedicated analysis of what it was like trying to be a professional writer...
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An Interview With Mywanwy Fox posted on 25 Apr 2017
An Interview With Myfanwy Fox
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Books Afloat, Weymouth, Dorset posted on 25 Apr 2017
Although it’s only a literal stone’s throw from the railway station, because it’s not located in the town centre it would be quite easy to miss the shop
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The Dancer and the Drum posted on 25 Apr 2017
The first thing to say is that this is a book that is a lovely thing to read because it is printed on a sumptuous creamy paper...
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House of the Rising Sun posted on 23 Apr 2017
Elsewhere on this site I have written about my love of James Lee Burke’s Dave Robicheaux sequence of novels ...
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Dockers: The ’95 To ’98 Liverpool Lockout posted on 22 Apr 2017
In September 1995 Liverpool dockers working for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) refused to cross an official picket line