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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…

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Shared Reading

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…

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Publications

Who Reads Doris Lessing?

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

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Publications

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…

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Literature

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:…

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Calderstones

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…

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Literature

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…

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Shared Reading

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…

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Calderstones

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,…

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Calderstones

Norman Nicholson Festival

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

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Publications

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…

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Literature

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…

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