Inspiring Older Readers
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Veering North-Easterly posted on 04 Dec 2016
Veering North-Easterly : Poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland, Paintings by Gillian Crossley-Holland This elegant little gem of a book brings together former hu
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An Interview With Kit De Waal posted on 01 Dec 2016
An Interview With Kit De Waal
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Chicago Poems posted on 29 Nov 2016
I doubt very much whether the poetry of Carl Sandburg has ever featured prominently on the literature curricula of schools ...
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This House Is Haunted posted on 27 Nov 2016
Boyne is an accomplished author of novels for both adults and younger readers ....
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The Night Bookmobile posted on 27 Nov 2016
This idiosyncratic and unsettling graphic novel first appeared in a serialised form in The Guardian newspaper ..
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City Boy posted on 25 Nov 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, rereads a slice of Edmund White's memoirs.
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The archaeology of working class writing : Part six – Ethel Carnie Holdsworth posted on 24 Nov 2016
This occasional series of articles about forgotten working class authors has, so far, featured only men.
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The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum posted on 23 Nov 2016
I wonder how widely read Heinrich Böll is these days?
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe illustrated by Harry Clarke posted on 21 Nov 2016
The extraordinary imagination of a writer like Edgar Allan Poe needs an illustrator with a mind to match.
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Austin Osman Spare : The life and legend of London’s lost artist posted on 17 Nov 2016
Some people seem to live their fame backwards, if you see what I mean.