Inspiring Older Readers
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Wouldn't you like to be a librarian? posted on 22 Feb 2017
I've lost count of the number of people who have asked me this over the years.
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To Exercise Our Talents : The democratization of writing in Britain posted on 21 Feb 2017
This is one of those very rare things – a book that is both a remarkable piece of literary research and an accessible and enjoyable read.
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The Book of Tea posted on 19 Feb 2017
When I was a child in the late 1950s and early 1960s one of the few things we thought we knew about the mysterious East ..
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Hospice Journeys posted on 19 Feb 2017
I always enjoy talking about books with patients and staff at St Richards Hospice in Worcester.
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Beast posted on 17 Feb 2017
For a slim book of only 160 pages this is a physically and emotionally exhausting read.
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Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud posted on 15 Feb 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reads about what it's like sitting for a legend of twentieth century painting
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Kit De Waal at Newman University, 13th February 2017 posted on 14 Feb 2017
Speaking to students and staff representing a number of different degree programmes at Newman University...
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At the meeting point between literature and life posted on 14 Feb 2017
Sometimes a fictional book comes to life before my eyes - and it isn't necessarily a good experience.
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Programme for the Bath Literary Festival 19th - 28th May 2017 posted on 13 Feb 2017
The 2017 Bath Literary Festival programme has been published and can be accessed on this link
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The Hay Literature Festival 2017 posted on 13 Feb 2017
In anticipation of the 2017 festival on 25th May - 4th June, the Hay Festival has launched it's programme of early-bird tickets