Inspiring Older Readers
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Buying Poetry in Bangor posted on 13 Aug 2015
Buying Poetry in Bangor It’s 1974 in Bangor, North Wales. I’m just about to start the final year of my degree in English Literature and it’s raining
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Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights posted on 12 Aug 2015
Tucked away in a picturesque back street in the centre of Bath - 14-15 John Street to be exact - is the splendid Mr. B's Emporium of Reading Delights
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A Whiff of Burnt Boats posted on 06 Aug 2015
I’d be willing to bet that not too many people outside of a small group of children’s literature aficionados
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Sleeping With Ghosts posted on 05 Aug 2015
Sleeping With Ghosts: A life's work in photography by Don McCullin In my late teens and twenties I was bewitched by photography and the legends of the grea
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The Sound of One Hand Clapping posted on 04 Aug 2015
The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan This is a big-hearted novel, packed full of good intentions.
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George Bayntun Books posted on 03 Aug 2015
You could be forgiven for thinking that George Bayntun Books in Bath is a bit of a forbidding or exclusive place. It has a remarkable frontage - a lovely p
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Jazz Seen by William Claxton posted on 03 Aug 2015
William Claxton's classic photographs of the US jazz scene of the post-war years are luminescent and evocative. The black and white prints - which glow off
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Crystal Spirit posted on 02 Aug 2015
Crystal Spirit by Roger Granelli It’s not really surprising to find that a novel about International Brigade volunteers in the Spanish Civil War is...
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Peter Lyons, Cheltenham posted on 01 Aug 2015
Peter Lyons Bookshop, Cheltenham This is pretty much our favourite second-hand bookshop - if we could choose, this would be the one we'd want to have for o
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The Public Library : A Photographic Essay posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Public Library : A Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson At a time when the whole public library movement is under unprecedented threat ..