Inspiring Older Readers
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The Hare With Amber Eyes posted on 20 Jun 2016
Alun Severn has been rereading Edmund de Waal’s remarkable book, The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance
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Letterpress @ Exeter College, Exeter posted on 19 Jun 2016
Karen Argent, the Letterpress Project Director, took a wide selection of picture books to show to students
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The Spy Who Came In From The Cold posted on 18 Jun 2016
I remember quite clearly the first time I read this book when I was at university in Bangor, North Wales
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But You Did Not Come Back posted on 17 Jun 2016
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn, examines a short but compelling Holocaust memoir
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The Berlin of George Grosz : Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 1912 - 1930 posted on 17 Jun 2016
Troubled times breed troubled and troubling artists.
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On Rereading posted on 13 Jun 2016
Guest writer, Alun Severn, considers the pleasures of returning to books read in his youth....
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An Interview With Mary Rochford posted on 11 Jun 2016
An Interview With Mary Rochford
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Close The Coalhouse Door posted on 11 Jun 2016
Based on the inspirational writings of Sid Chaplin, this play-script by Alan Plater takes a playful but ultimately thoughtful and even rueful look ..
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Imagine Better : The 2016 Edinburgh Book Festival 13-29th August posted on 10 Jun 2016
In a world of global uncertainty and shifting influence, this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival explores the power of the human mind
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Manhattan, When I Was Young posted on 10 Jun 2016
Guest writer, Alun Severn, reviews the compelling second instalment of Mary Cantwell's memoirs