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Featured Poem: George Herbert, ‘The Flower’
Issue 30 of The Reader magazine has rejuvenation as its theme and takes its title "I live and write" from…
Reader Poll: Classics on Richard and Judy
Before I start let’s just get something out of the way: The Richard and Judy Book Club is on the…
The Reader, Issue 30, “I live and write” now available
Readers will recognise more than a few names on the contents page in The Reader No. 30. By coincidence, they…
More Kindle
Yesterday I wrote about how publishers are experiencing dramatic increases in sales of ebooks and how ebook readers such as…
Links We Liked for 4 June 2008
This week The Reader Online celebrates its first birthday. One of our earliest posts featured the startup DailyLit, which delivers…
Edge Hill Short Story Competition–Readers’ Prize
Get Into Reading manager Kate McDonnell writes with news of Get Into Reading's involvement with the 2008 Edge Hill Short…
Featured Poem: Emily Dickinson, ‘With a flower’
Emily Dickinson is one of the most popular and well known American poets, but also among the most difficult to…
Unreasonable Employment Practices
Do you have a problem with your employer? Does your boss expect you to work for your pay? Do your…
More Funding Needed for Dementia Services
Katie Peters, a Project Worker for Get Into Reading, working with Mersey Care NHS Trust and dementia patients writes: A…
Les Murray Reads in Liverpool: Wednesday 4th June, 8pm at the Bluecoat
The Reader Organisation has teamed up with The Bluecoat in Liverpool for this rare chance to hear Australia's leading contemporary…
More Howard Jacobson in a Soho Restaurant
The first of these clips is here, along with some truly terrible poetry in the comments. Many thanks to Howard…
Featured Poem: Ephemera, by W.B Yeats
This week's poem is recommended by Kirsty McHugh of the OUP Blog and Otherstories. Thanks Kirsty. I only read this…
