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James Ellroy on Dashiell Hammett
On Saturday The Guardian newspaper printed a superb piece by James Ellroy on crime writer and sometime Pinkerton detective Dashiell…
Reading and Readers Through the Ages
In celebrity and not-so-celebrity interviews in Sunday newspapers one of the most common questions is a variation on "what books…
Continung Education: Journey to the Centre of the Book
Amanda Boston writes to remind us of her Continuing Education course 'Journey to the Centre of the Book' which will…
Online Writing Course: Season of Inspiration
Helen Whitehead writes to tell us about an online writing course that she is running with fellow tutor Sharon Rundle.…
Sefton Festival of Literature 2007
Running from Wednesday, 19th September until Sunday, 30th September, Sefton Festival for Literature 2007 has a programme appealing to anyone…
Philip Davis Interviewed on Bernard Malamud
Our very own Philip Davis was interviewed on Dublin radio station Dublin City Anna Livia tonight and the programme is…
Depression worst for health
An article published in The Lancet today states that depression "produces the greatest decrement in health" compared with the chronic…
Reading on Wheels
I'm not an especially acquisitive person. I hate shopping and flashy gear doesn't impress me much with its flashiness. But…
Keeping Track of Library Books
Let me confess. I love libraries. I love almost everything about them, from the faint smell of dust to the…
Mersey Minis Giveaway: Liverpool 800
Today marks the 800th anniversary of Liverpool's town charter and publisher Capsica is celebrating the event by giving away the…
Rebel Girls
Rebel Girls: their fight for the vote is a new book by Jill Liddington, about the forgotten suffragettes across the…
Reading Pillow
With time on her hands now she has handed the editorship of The Reader over to husband Philip Davis, Jane…
