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The Patron Saint of Bloggers
It was probably inevitable that Samuel Pepys, the most famous diarist in history, should have a blog dedicated to him.…
Armistead Maupin in Liverpool on July 4, 2007
On Independence Day 2007, Armistead Maupin, one of America’s greatest living gay writers will be appearing at a special event…
Philip Pullman–Favourite Children’s Novelist
To mark the 70th award of the Carnegie Medal, the annual award for children's writers, Philip Pullman has been voted…
Are you deciding what to read?
As an inveterate browser of bookshops I've only occasionally allowed myself to be sucked in by the 3-for-2 deals on…
Michael Rosen on Reading for Pleasure
Michael Rosen, who was appointed Children's Laureate yesterday, is well known as a critic of British education policy, especially when…
Find Time to Read
When academics and teachers get together one of the most common complaints they have about their students is that "young…
The Poetry of Les Murray
Les Murray, sometimes of this parish, features in this week's New Yorker in a review article by Dan Chiasson. Chiasson…
Underground Books
One theory about how to get people reading is that if you put books in front of them they will…
Middle Ages Tech Support
New technology is never easy.
Getting into Reading in Runcorn
Helen Tookey On Saturday The Reader ran a readers’ day at the fantastic Brindley theatre and arts centre in Runcorn,…
Getting the Nation Reading
by Katie Peters At The Reader we were excited to hear that 2008 is to be a national year of…
Going for Gold
by Katie Peters The organisers of the Carnegie gold medal for children’s writing yesterday, librarians’ institute CILIP, last week issued…
