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The Reader 69
The time has come round again to whet your appetite for some new reads, and with this quarter’s issue the…
Featured Poem: Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare
We are diving back into William Shakespeare's sonnets for this week’s Featured Poem, a story of springtime beauty and separated…
The Reader teams up with Arriva and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres for National Share-A-Story Month
Arriva North West and Wales has teamed up with The Reader and Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres for a whole…
The Reader seeks volunteers to help lonely and isolated older people across Bristol
In partnership with Bristol Ageing Better, The Reader, a national charity which builds stronger, healthier communities through Shared Reading, has…
National Health Executive: A different kind of medicine
Could literature improve the quality of life of those with mental health conditions? According to Jane Davis, founder and director of…
The Reader’s recommended reads for preschoolers in Independent
"From mischievous nighttime creatures to doctors flying on dragons, these are the creative reads you can enjoy together." Staff from The…
North West community comes together to welcome £400,000 award from the players of People’s Postcode Lottery
Over 100 Reader volunteers and group members were joined by Luciana Berger, MP and author Frank Cottrell Boyce to celebrate…
Featured Poem: Alone – Edgar Allen Poe
In Alone, Poe reflects upon a life experienced as an emotional outsider. The narrator’s experience of perceiving life and emotions…
The Reader celebrates World Book Night 2018
The Reader celebrates World Book Night with a Shared Reading group giveaway of Jo Bell's Kith. It's World Book Night and…
Featured Poem: In The Fields – Charlotte Mew
We are celebrating the joy the onset of Spring brings in this week’s featured poem, In the Fields. This dreamy…
Work on The International Centre for Shared Reading gets underway at Calderstones Mansion
The Props Assist the House, Emily Dickinson Until the House is built And then the Props withdraw And adequate, erect,…
Featured Poem: I started early – Took my Dog – Emily Dickinson
This week’s featured poem I started early – Took my Dog – describes an enchanting and evocative encounter with the Sea…
