Inspiring Older Readers
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A Second Helping Of The Cheltenham Literary Festival posted on 18 Oct 2018
Following on from the rather hectic first weekend, for us rest of the festival was somewhat more sedate.
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Patient X posted on 16 Oct 2018
Patient X by David Peace You can never go to a David Peace book expecting a straight-forward, linear narrative and you can pretty much guarantee that the l
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The Library of Shadows posted on 14 Oct 2018
There are times when my internal reader just wants to put on his metaphorical cardigan and slippers....
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Reading anything is better than reading nothing. But is that true? posted on 12 Oct 2018
It’s the start of another university academic year and I’ve got used to asking the new first years a couple of very basic questions...
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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.