Inspiring Older Readers
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Treasure Palaces: Great writers visit great museums posted on 11 Oct 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn has an unexpectedly pleasurable encounter with a book of essays in which writers talk about their favourite museums
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A Weekend At The Cheltenham Book Festival posted on 10 Oct 2018
Every year we look forward to the Cheltenham Literary Festival ....
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Persuading the People posted on 08 Oct 2018
I am constantly baffled by the economics of the publishing industry and never more so than when it comes to the issue of remaindered stock.
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Hard Times posted on 05 Oct 2018
This might well be the shortest novel Dickens wrote but it’s still densely packed with his trademark characters ...
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Sea Prayer posted on 03 Oct 2018
All wars generate their own body of literature – sometimes elegiac or reflective, sometimes jingoistic or triumphal ...
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Rereading the Great War posted on 01 Oct 2018
As we are fast approaching the 100 year anniversary of the ending of WW1, guest reviewer, Alun Severn looks back at some of the literature it produced.
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The Unpunished Vice: A life of reading posted on 29 Sep 2018
A new book from Edmund White is always a must buy – almost regardless of the subject matter....
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Sweet William posted on 28 Sep 2018
Beryl Bainbridge seems to be a writer’s writer. I say this because so many novelists acknowledge Bainbridge’s influence and her talent but her public profi
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The Dice Man posted on 26 Sep 2018
Luke Rhinehart is the pseudonym of George Cockcroft and his 1971 publication, The Dice Man, is almost the definition of a cult novel.
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Out of Sheer rage posted on 24 Sep 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn concludes that Geoff Dyer's Out of Sheer Rage "is really quite brilliant".