Inspiring Older Readers
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The Children of Men posted on 23 Jun 2024
Fans of P.D. James are more likely to think of her as a crime or thriller writer rather than a writer of dystopian fiction
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Junkie posted on 18 Jun 2024
So what is this? A memoir written under the pseudonym of William Lee or a novel written by William Burroughs – or maybe both?
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Bullet Train posted on 16 Jun 2024
I think the rise and rise in popularity of young Japanese authors in translation has been one of the most remarkable features of the literary landscape
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Remembering radical bookselling in the 1980s posted on 12 Jun 2024
Regular guest contributor to the Letterpress Project, Alun Severn worked in radical bookselling in the mid-80s and has written a reminiscence of this time
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The Long Divorce posted on 09 Jun 2024
I’ve written extensively about the work of Bruce Montgomery (aka Edmund Crispin) elsewhere on this site
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The Times Authors Number 2: George Orwell posted on 05 Jun 2024
Back at the start of the 1970s when I was beginning to discover the excitement of reading and literature, I relied heavily on the Sunday broadsheets
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Paris Trout posted on 01 Jun 2024
Published in 1988, Pete Dexter's Paris Trout is most frequently described as a study of 1950s Deep South bigotry ...
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Henry’s War posted on 29 May 2024
Who, you might reasonably be asking, was/is Jeremy Brooks?
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A Girl in Winter posted on 26 May 2024
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn re-evaluates Philip Larkin's 'A Girl in Winter' and finds his earlier opinions of the novel were too dismissive
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Regeneration posted on 22 May 2024
Published in 1991, Pat Barker’s Regeneration turned out to be the first instalment of what has become an eponymously named trilogy of novels