Inspiring Older Readers
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead posted on 12 Oct 2019
For a boy raised on television drama, an encounter with an absurdist comedy was as bewildering and alien as it’s possible to get ...
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The 2019 Cheltenham Literature Festival : the first weekend posted on 10 Oct 2019
I have to be honest and say that I thought this year’s festival programme was, from a purely literary point of view, a bit of a disappointment.
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England posted on 08 Oct 2019
John Burningham who died at the age of 82 in January 2019, was one of a golden generation of children’s book illustrators...
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A Child of the Jago posted on 05 Oct 2019
First published in 1896, A Child of the Jago is arguably the most significant novel from a school of writing that’s often referred to as ‘slum literature’.
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Why we still love old Penguin books posted on 03 Oct 2019
Guest writer, Alun Severn has been thinking about just how happy Penguin books make him feel.
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The Sign of the Book posted on 01 Oct 2019
Back in June 2019, I reviewed Dunning’s third instalment of his biblio-detective series featuring the ex-policeman turned book dealer, Cliff Janeway.
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The Making of Poetry posted on 27 Sep 2019
Literary biography and literary criticism can often be a difficult read if you’re not an avid student of those genres...
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When I Grow Up posted on 24 Sep 2019
Sometimes a memoir of this kind can tell you more about the writer in the way it’s told rather than in the contents.
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Critical Essays posted on 22 Sep 2019
It’s not a revolutionary statement to say that the very best of Orwell’s writing is to be found not in his novels but his essays...
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The Last Bookshop, Oxford posted on 20 Sep 2019
The Last Bookshop, Oxford