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Alice Winn's 'In Memoriam'

August 25, 2023 by Julian Girdham in Books, Fiction

Alice Winn’s début novel In Memoriam is a fast-paced revisiting of the First World War in fiction, this time concentrating on a highly-charged erotic relationship between two schoolfriends, Ellwood and Gaunt.

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August 25, 2023 /Julian Girdham
First World War, Boarding Schools
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Our Lady of the Nile

April 23, 2021 by Julian Girdham in Books, Non-Fiction

Scholastique Mukasonga’s début novel, now re-released by Daunt Books, is a startling and surprising approach to the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

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April 23, 2021 /Julian Girdham
Boarding Schools
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William Trevor at school

May 24, 2020 by Julian Girdham in Books

This is the text of a talk I gave on Thursday 23rd March 2017 as part of an event to mark the life and works of William Trevor. In the second part of the event, the author Joseph O’Connor read Trevor’s great story ‘Another Christmas’ and answered questions from the audience about Trevor’s work.

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May 24, 2020 /Julian Girdham
William Trevor, Boarding Schools, Featured
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