Advice on Authors Old And New

Radio Record, 29 April 1938, Page 25

Advice on Authors Old And New

EEELREESUCGUARLERERAEART ALIN AGT ERRTACSR ESRC TRE RSE RAST ELS CREE ED EE CERES ESESESER CURR RRERECER GREE! FOR some years past we have lis-~ tened regularly to reviews of the latest books. These, while being both interesting and helpful, are, for many of us, a little premature. First editions are expensive to buy, and difficult to borrow from libraries. Could we not have, occasionally, a talk on the lives of authors old and new. Three or four writ-ers-novelists, dramatists, humorists, etc.-could be selected for a twenty minutes’ talk. | suggest a brief account of the writer’s life, a list (not necessarily complete) of his or her works, followed by brief summaries of some of them. This service would be a great boon to many readers, such as myself, who, though constantly looking for fresh writers, are diffident about choosing books at random. CHADEVOQLULECSSLERLDESELTORECHSCELELCULEAL TASC EGET EREREOEAS ECE CACRE ARERR EOE SRECRERECROS EERO

John D.

Lawrence

(Auekland)