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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…

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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…

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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…

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Literature

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…

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Children and Young People

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…

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Children and Young People

Reading Resolutions 2017

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

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Literature

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…

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Children and Young People

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Literature

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…

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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 –…

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Literature

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…

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