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Framed on BBC1
An adaptation of Framed by local author, screenwriter, and friend of The Reader Organisation Frank Cottrell Boyce will be shown on…
“Reading as Mental Stimulation”
ONFICTION, Online Magazine on the Psychology of Fiction, recently published an article explaining how, when we read, we create a…
The Anthony Walker Foundation Festival 2009
The Anthony Walker Foundation Festival 2009 is taking place on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th August 2009, at Greenbank Sports…
Stanley Middleton, novelist, dies.
We are sad to record the passing of Stanley Middleton, novelist, who died on Sunday morning, aged 89. A provincial…
The Scandalous Adventures of Lord Byron, with Rupert Everett
After the success of his 2008 film on the life of explorer Sir Richard Burton, Rupert Everett is now taking…
To Russia – With Love! #2
In this second instalment of To Russia – With Love! Kate McDonnell, Project Manager at The Reader Organisation, fills us…
Margaret Atwood at Manchester Literature Festival
Booker prize-winning author Margaret Atwood will be appearing at Manchester Literature Festival to launch her new novel The Year of…
Featured Poem: Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
Shelley’s Ozymandias is a consideration of the nature of political power, and of the insignificance of human beings in the…
The Junction by Mary Weston available to download
All three sections of Mary Weston’s short novel The Junction, as published in The Reader 31, 32 and 33, are…
Featured Poem: After the Sea-Ship by Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (1819-1892) held many professions throughout his life; working as printer, teacher, journalist and editor of various newspapers, before a…
Radio 4’s Thought for the Day….
To see the planet desecrated is to behold the undoing of God's creation. The above subject was discussed on this…
Reminder: Somali Arts and Culture Festival
Kayd, along with its partner Redsea-online, are proud to announce the inaugural Somali Arts and Culture Festival to be held…
