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Poems for Pride
We're celebrating #liverpoolpride this weekend with some #poemsforpride - check out our recommended reads from LGBTQ+ authors, or those speaking…

Featured Poem: My House, I Say by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Reader’s Learning and Quality Leader, Chris Lynn, has chosen this week’s Featured Poem, My House, I Say by Robert…

Translating Shared Reading into Portuguese with a visit to Brazil
By Chris Lynn, Learning and Quality Leader Olá Readers! Last month, I represented The Reader at a new social intervention…

‘This is the thing, this truly is the thing,’ Jane Davis says in thank you message to Shared Reading North West reading revolutionaries
For the past two years, The Reader has had the immense joy and privilege of working with a growing family…

The Reader’s Christmas Gift Guide
Christmas is coming and if you'd like to give a gift that gives a little something back, look no further…

A Reader Postcard from Somerset
Earlier this year, we announced the news that there are now over 500 Shared Reading groups running across the UK.…

Featured Poem: Patience, Though I Have Not by Sir Thomas Wyatt
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Tom Young, shares his thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, Patience, Though I Have…

On Active Service: The Battalion is Now on Rest by Ivor Gurney
This week we're sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations. For…

On Active Service: The Send-off by Wilfred Owen
This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice…

On Active Service: Lament by WW Gibson
This week we're sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations. Mary…

On Active Service: A Lark Above the Trenches 1916 by J.W. Streets
This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations. …

Featured Poem: May 1916, The Veteran by Margaret Postgate Cole
This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations.…