Inspiring Older Readers
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Simon says : Seeing Simon Armitage reading at Ledbury posted on 31 Jul 2015
Simon says : Seeing Simon Armitage reading at Ledbury The Ledbury Poetry Festival had a particularly good look to it this year.
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Domestic Relations posted on 31 Jul 2015
Domestic Relations by Frank O'Connor Try as I might, I find it hard to warm to short stories. That's not to say that I never read them or dislike them all.
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My confession : I really like Folio books posted on 31 Jul 2015
My confession : I really like Folio books That shouldn't be such a remarkable thing to say, should it? Just take a look at them. ....
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katerina Bivald I haven't really looked but I'm willing to place a sizeable bet that reviews ....
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The Art of the Bookstore : The bookstore paintings of Gibbs M. Smith posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Art of the Bookstore : The bookstore paintings of Gibbs M. Smith There are very few things that make me happier than a book about bookshops.
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The Dust that falls from Dreams posted on 31 Jul 2015
The Dust that falls from Dreams by Louis de Bernieres I absolutely loathed 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' which, unlike most people, I found to be tedious ..
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How To Be Both posted on 31 Jul 2015
How To Be Both by Ali Smith Ali Smith's reputation as a novelist continues to grow. She is one of those rare writers who seems to be able to blend ...
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Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons posted on 27 Jul 2015
What can you do when the world is teetering on the brink of nuclear destruction?
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On Queer Street: A Social History of British Homosexuality, 1895-1995 posted on 26 Jul 2015
You know what it’s like. You go out, you buy a book and you add it to your pile marked ‘to be read’. And then, sometimes, you just don’t get around...
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Book collector or paper hoarder? posted on 22 Jul 2015
For almost as long as I can remember now I have had a looming shelf crisis....