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Meet the Volunteer: Lynda
Name: Lynda Carey Location: The Mansion House, Liverpool Role: Volunteer at The Reader’s home in Calderstones Park, predominantly in its…
Henrik Wig, Sweden: ‘In a world where democracy is in many ways threatened, Shared Reading can be a counterforce’
Literature teacher Henrik has been running Shared Reading groups across southern Sweden for six years with children’s groups and at…
Celebrating 10 years of Shared Reading in Belfast this Volunteers’ Week
Highlights include a beautiful Shared Reading space, vast library of fiction and poetry, including Irish writing - and a surprise…
Meet the Volunteer: Sue
Name: Sue Location: Wirral, Merseyside Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of reading for pleasure with…
Meet the Volunteer: Kirti
Name: Kirti Location: Croydon Role: Volunteer Reader Leader running a Shared Reading group Why did you decide to volunteer with…
Meet the Volunteer: Raks
Name: Raks Patel Location: Streatham, London Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of reading for pleasure…
Explore ‘secret histories’ of exotic plants and trees at our Calderstones Park HQ with the launch of our new map
The Reader, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and four cultural identity groups in Liverpool collaborate to create a new park…
The Reader visits Buckingham Palace
Helen Willows is a GP working both in Shropshire and in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. She is Trustee and…
Reader Revisited: An Interview with Het Lezerscollectief (The Readers’ Collective)
We're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting articles from The Reader Magazine. This article first appeared in issue 73.…
May’s Monthly Stories and Poems
May’s selection of stories, extracts and poems have been chosen on the theme ‘Wonders of the World’. As we start…
Kerstin, North Germany: ‘In all these groups I’ve the privilege to continuously learn’
An experienced Reader Leader, Kerstin now runs several Shared Reading Bremen groups since training in Berlin with The Reader in…
Kate, New Zealand: ‘Shared Reading is a way to unlock the ‘culture of silence’’
The former librarian discovered the work of The Reader while studying for a Masters at NZ’s Victoria University. She founded…
