Inspiring Older Readers
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Oxford Literary Festival 2019 posted on 03 Jan 2019
The details of the 2019 Oxford Literary Festival that runs from March 30th - April 7th 2019 have now been released.
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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey posted on 01 Jan 2019
This is the first full length biography of Edward (Ted) Gorey....
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The Christmas Chronicles posted on 31 Dec 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn spends his holiday break reading the "deeply enjoyable and ..beautifully produced ... Christmas Chronicles."
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The Inferno posted on 29 Dec 2018
A while ago I reviewed Fred Hoyle’s earlier slice of science fiction hokum, The Black Cloud, and found it similar to watching a 1950s British ‘B’ movie
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Alexander Pope posted on 27 Dec 2018
If I went out onto the streets of my home town and asked a selection of the good burghers of Malvern to name a short list of the most famous...
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In Praise of Shadows posted on 23 Dec 2018
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn reviews a meditative masterpiece of classic Japanese literature
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Classic Covers: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley posted on 22 Dec 2018
Huxley’s novel of a future dystopia seems to especially attract book designers and book jacket artists ...
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Mad, Bad and Dangerous To Know: The fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce posted on 19 Dec 2018
Toibin’s book has its origins in a series of lectures he delivered in the USA ...
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The Land Of Dreams posted on 17 Dec 2018
The Land Of Dreams by Kevin Cowdall is an original publication by The Letterpress Project in partnership with the poet and the illustrator, Chris Riddell.
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Seymour Chwast: The Left-Handed Designer posted on 16 Dec 2018
Born in 1931, Seymour Chwast is now acknowledged as one of the most influential graphic designers in the second half of the twentieth century.