Inspiring Older Readers
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The Natural posted on 28 May 2018
Originally published in 1952, Malamud’s The Natural uses the US national obsession with the game of baseball ...
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Reflections on Jay McInerney’s Brightness Falls posted on 25 May 2018
Guest writer, Alun Severn finds some startling similarities between two novels separated by almost 150 years
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Picnic On Paradise posted on 23 May 2018
A recent article that we feature in the Resources section of this website written by Carolyn Cox caught my attention ....
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New York Underground 1970 – 1980 posted on 20 May 2018
Early in the 1970s, unnoticed by lots of people, the old pop and rock establishment was starting to be challenged by a musical underground...
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Hay Cinema Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye posted on 20 May 2018
Hay Cinema Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye
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Among Booksellers posted on 19 May 2018
I tend to find the books that collect together the letters passed between famous, or sometimes less than famous people, can be a hit or miss process.
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The Trick To Time posted on 17 May 2018
This Birmingham based author wove the Handsworth riots into the landscape of her first novel, My Name Is Leon......
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We are all Palestinians posted on 17 May 2018
We are pleased to present a new poem from Alan Gibbons
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George Orwell’s 1984 has been ‘pulped’ posted on 16 May 2018
I have to confess to a weakness I seem unable to overcome.
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Ingenious Pursuits posted on 15 May 2018
Could there be anyone better placed or more capable of writing a book that has as its core premise a challenge to the artificial division .....