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On Active Service: A Lark Above the Trenches 1916 by J.W. Streets
This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations. …
Featured Poem: May 1916, The Veteran by Margaret Postgate Cole
This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations.…
On Active Service: Commemorating the Armistice Centenary through poetry
This week, communities across the UK will come together to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918…
Liverpool Readathon
We are joining our friends at Liverpool Learning Partnership to ask everyone to Drop Everything and Read during the #LiverpoolReadathon until Friday 16 November…
The Scariest Character in Literature?
Halloween is upon us and we're indulging in some frightful reads with a look back at some of literature's…
Featured Poem: The Flower of Mending by Vachel Lindsay
Our Featured Poem this week comes from American poet Vachel Lindsay. The Flower of the Mending was originally published in his…
Celebrating and growing the Shared Reading Community in the South West
The Reader’s founder and director Jane Davis has been in Bristol to thank the South West region’s volunteers for their…
Featured Poem: To my Lord Biron’s tune of — Adieu Phillis by Katherine Philips
This week's Featured Poem comes a little later than usual, so much so it is almost next week's Featured Poem.…
CALDER STORY: A terrifying tale from the Mansion House
Built in 1828, Calderstones Mansion House is 190 years old this year. Like most surviving, large houses of its…
The International Reading Revolution: Shared Reading in New Zealand
Earlier this month we were delighted to welcome Kate Middleton (no, not that one!) back to our Liverpool HQ. Kate…
First steps with First Page in the North West
Earlier this year we launched an exciting new project that would significantly improve the life chances of children living across…
Reconnecting with Reading Revolutionaries nationwide
This year we’ve been reconnecting with reading revolutionaries up and down the country. Find your nearest event and get in…