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Find ‘Time for Me’ in North Liverpool
Do your New Years Resolutions include reading more? Want to meet new people? Or perhaps just find some time to…

The Storybarn partners up with National Childbirth Trust
Here at The Storybarn we are really excited to be joining up with the National Childbirth Trust, a fantastic organisation…

January in The Storybarn
It's a new year and there's much excitement ahead! If you come down to The Storybarn this month.... FRIDAY 13…

Featured Poem: The Second Coming by WB Yeats
This week we look at WB Yeats' The Second Coming which, written in a time of turbulence and political change…

A Year of Books: Five of the Best from 2016
As Angela McMillan, co-editor of The Reader magazine, turns her attention to her reading list for the year ahead, we ask…

Reading Resolutions 2017
A fresh start, a new reading list? Our Reader team tells us their reading resolutions for 2017. "For last year's…

Featured Poem: Infant Joy by William Blake
Happy New Year to all our Readers! Let's kick start 2017 with a short but sweet verse from William Blake, Infant…

On the big screen: A Monster Calls
As Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls hits the big screen on New Year's Day, our patron Frank Cottrell Boyce explores…

Story Explorers at Calderstones Park
Here at The Reader HQ in Calderstones we've been combining the beauty of the park with the benefits of Shared Reading on…

Featured Poem: The Oxen by Thomas Hardy
This week's Featured Poem has a suitably festive feel, The Oxen by Thomas Hardy. As Christmas Eve approaches we couldn't…

In the Gallery: A Life in Colour by Michael Barooah
‘A life in colour ’ photography by Michael Barooah Supported by Imagine Independence and NHS Mersey Care Trust Monday 19 –…

Read of the Week: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
This week we're delving into Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout which recommended by Alex Joynes who shall sadly be signing off as…