Inspiring Older Readers
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Stone Trough Books, York posted on 17 Jan 2017
Located at 51 Walmgate, Stone Trough Books is a little further out of the centre than most of the other York bookshops we’ve reviewed
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The Party posted on 16 Jan 2017
Born in Strasbourg in 1931, Tomi Ungerer might well be best known as a prolific and excellent illustrator of children’s books.
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The Crossing posted on 15 Jan 2017
Guest writer, Alun Severn, moves on to read the second part of Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy - and he's disappointed.
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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