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The Man Booker 2007: Anne Enright’s The Gathering
As Anne Enright said in an interview shortly after winning the Man Booker Prize for her novel The Gathering, 'The…

Links We Liked for October 16, 2007
Blasphemy Confirmed. January Magazine has posted video evidence of Doris Lessing's stylish reaction to hearing the news, from reporters, that…

Who Reads Doris Lessing?
In the few days since Doris Lessing was announced as the 2007 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, book…

Features: An Interview with Doris Lessing
In the light of today's excellent news from Sweden I have just added to the Features pages an interview with…

Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize
Jane Davis is Director of The Reader and seems to have enough energy to run a small town. She writes:…

Get into Reading Footsoldier Dies and Goes to Heaven
Mary Weston manages the Merseycare Reads Project, teaches in Continuing Education, works as a counsellor, runs open house for asylum…

Recommended Reads: Casino Royale
This recommendation of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale was posted by Anna Maddison. Anna is currently researching a PhD on Dante…

Links We Liked for 9 October 2007
While we were deciding what to do about National Poetry Day on The Reader Online I was pointed at…

BBC Radio Merseyside Event: Liverpool Black Pioneers
Ray Costello, the author of the new book on the Liverpool black community, Liverpool Black Pioneers, published by Bluecoat Press,…

Norman Nicholson Festival
News has reached The Reader of another literary festival in October. It seems unlikely that the Danish pastries and power…

Featured Article: Brian Nellist on Scott
Just added to the Features Page, an article by Brian Nellist from the very first issue of The Reader, over…

Featured Poem: The Stone Beach
In the last of our poetry recommendations for this week Reader outreach worker and Reader Online editor Katie Peters chooses…