Join the Reading Revolution
We’re a national charity that wants to bring about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which we believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well.
From our global Shared Reading movement, to our Calderstones Park home – The Reader builds lively communities that bring people together and books to life.
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93%
Felt better after a session
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Groups around the UK
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10,000+
Readers a year
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Made new friends
What's Happening
Meet the Authors: Frank Cottrell Boyce and Lissa Evans
Friday 30 September, 5.30pm FreeFriday 30 September, 5.30pm - 6.30pm BAFTA-winning television producer and author of novels for both adults and children, Lissa Evans...
Incy Wincy Rhymers
Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday - various times £4.00Our sessions for little ones - 1 - 4 year olds - and their families. We'll explore classic stories, family...
Wintering with Katherine May
Friday 30 September, 7pm £4.50 - £5.00Friday 30 September, 7pm - 8pm “Wintering brings about some of the most profound and insightful moments of our human...
Tiny Acorns
6 week Indoor Sessions, starting 5 August, 8 September and 23 September £44.10 - £49.00£49 for 6 weeks - booking includes a copy of our featured baby board book to keep and share again and...
Tony Schumacher in Conversation
Saturday 1 October, 7pm £4.50 - £5.00It is our great pleasure to welcome Liverpool author and screenwriter Tony Schumacher to this year's Gravity festival. Tony’s ground-breaking...
Rescuing Socrates with Roosevelt Montas
Sunday 2 October, 2pm £4.50 - £5.00Roosevelt Montás arrived in the US as a teenage immigrant from the Dominican Republic, and now teaches at Columbia University,...
Become a volunteer
Love reading? Love meeting new people? Want to make a difference locally? If so, Shared Reading could be the thing for you. And you could be just the person for us.
The Reader at Calderstones
The Reader at Calderstones is a community unlike any other, somewhere people can get together, experience literature and try something new.
Drop in at the Mansion House to get a bite to eat at The Reader Café, join a Shared Reading group or explore 5,000 years of storytelling in our dedicated exhibition.
Explore the park, where you’ll find the Storybarn play space and The Reader Ice Cream Parlour.
The Mansion House
The Mansion House is a reading home with heart – drop in to discover a place filled with possibilities.
The Calderstones Story
Discover stories of life in Liverpool, starting 5,000 years ago, in our dedicated exhibition.
The Storybarn
Our imaginative play space for children and families will spark a lifelong love of reading for pleasure.
The Storybarn
The Storybarn exists to spark a life-long love of books and reading, and an unending curiosity for exploring the astonishing worlds of our imagination.
Whether you’re coming as family, party or school, this imaginative play space is dedicated to sharing the delights of reading with babies and children.
Come and play!
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8,937
Storyhunter and Incy Wincy Rhymer attendees
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Birthday parties
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School visits
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Family fun days
Something More
Introducing The Reader Bookshelf 2022 – 23: Light and Darkness
We’re delighted to announce this year’s Reader Bookshelf theme of Light and Darkness, as well as sharing with you some…
Helen’s Reader Story – “I owe my life to that group and Shared Reading.”
I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and…
Gravity festival returns with more conversations that matter
Authors Lissa Evans, Katherine May, Kit de Waal and Tony Schumacher headline exciting weekend of events hosted from Liverpool’s Calderstones…
