Inspiring Older Readers
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Bookshops posted on 25 Oct 2016
I tend to read most books about books – it’s become something of a habit – but probably my favourite in the whole genre are books about bookshops.
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Jock McFadyen: A Book About A Painter posted on 24 Oct 2016
McFadyen is, as near as damn it, a contemporary of mine in terms of age ...
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An Interview With Jackie Morris posted on 23 Oct 2016
An Interview With Jackie Morris
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My Name Is Leon posted on 22 Oct 2016
This is one of those books that is clearly based on real experience because the characters and the circumstances ring true ...
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Considering Ian McEwan’s The Children Act…again posted on 21 Oct 2016
Guest reviewer Alun Severn reads Ian McEwan's 'The Children Act' and finds much to admire.
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I am the good immigrant posted on 21 Oct 2016
'I am the good immigrant' - an exclusive new poem by Alan Gibbons
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The Pigeon Tunnel posted on 19 Oct 2016
I’ve always felt conflicted about John Le Carré as an author – some of his books I really love and some don’t speak
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At the 2016 Cheltenham Literary Festival : Part Two posted on 18 Oct 2016
Having a full time job makes getting to events during the week difficult ...
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The Arrow posted on 18 Oct 2016
He had told her that somewhere between now and then, between is and ought, between regret and hope is being. At the time she had
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Propaganda: Power and Persuasion posted on 17 Oct 2016
Propaganda is a notoriously difficult thing to pin down. One man’s propaganda is another’s truth ...