Inspiring Older Readers
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A Clergyman's Daughter posted on 05 Jan 2016
Quite a lot of critics are pretty sniffy about Orwell’s skills as a novelist. I can understand why...
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A New Book Year Ahead posted on 04 Jan 2016
I’m not the kind of person who makes New Year resolutions – I leave that stuff to people who think they’ll stick to them.
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Oxford Literary Festival 2016 posted on 04 Jan 2016
The initial line-up for the 20th Oxford Literary Festival has been announced - but expect it to be added to in the coming months
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Penguin Designer Classics posted on 03 Jan 2016
Back in 2006 Penguin Books commissioned five leading contemporary designers to produce new covers for classic titles.
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The British Heart Foundation Books and Music Shop, Cheltenham posted on 03 Jan 2016
This smallish shop can be found in Winchcombe Street in Cheltenham, just off the main shopping drag.
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Books posted on 01 Jan 2016
I suspect that most people will only know Larry McMurtry as a novelist and screen-writer. His early novel, Horseman, Pass By,
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The Rock Pack posted on 30 Dec 2015
Pop-up books are just for kids - right? Wrong.
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Walking Away posted on 28 Dec 2015
We saw Armitage talking about and reading extracts from this book at a Ledbury Poetry festival event earlier this year...
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The Wonder Boys posted on 28 Dec 2015
This is an out-of-control, bob-sleigh ride of a book that’s a blast from beginning to end.
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The Book Cover In The Weimar Republic posted on 27 Dec 2015
This is a BIG book - both it's physical size and it's scope is pretty daunting....