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Calderstones Mansion House wins Heritage Lottery Fund support
The Reader has received initial support* from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Calderstones Mansion House project. The overall…

The Secret Garden of Stories is coming to Calderstones
This August, something very exciting can be found at Calderstones Mansion House... The Reader is proud to present our very…

Welcome to the Caldies Big Dig blog!
Welcome to the blog for the Caldies Big Dig! We're very excited to introduce the Big Dig blog and to…

Enjoying a Book A Day
If you're a regular tweeter, you might have seen the #BookADay hashtag pop up in those trending topics since the…

A Little, Aloud for Children at Just So Festival
A Little, Aloud for Children will be going on an adventure this summer to the wild woodlands of Cheshire, where…

Upstairs Downstairs Crossword
Visitors to Croxteth Hall in Croxteth Park, Liverpool, have the opportunity to win a copy of A Little, Aloud for…

Happy World Book Day!
Happy World Book Day to all our readers! World Book Day 2013 is being celebrated in great style, with lots…

Historic Mansion House Opens Doors To Public For First Time in 40 Years
The Reader will open the doors of the Mansion House in Calderstones Park to visitors on Friday 12th and Saturday…

The Reader Organisation’s Shared Reading Practitioner Day 2013
‘Speaking our own Language’: Shared Reading Practitioner Day 2013 Saturday 20th April, 9.30am-5pm Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus In building…

The Reader Preferred Bidder for Calderstones Mansion House
Liverpool-based social business, The Reader, has today been awarded ‘preferred bidder’ status for Calderstones Mansion House by Liverpool City Council.…

Guest blog: Helena Pielichaty, Patron of Reading
We have a special guest writer on the blog today, children's author Helena Pielichaty. She is the Patron of Reading…

The Latest Fashionable Trend? Reading Aloud.
By Chantel Baldry, Communications Intern (Events and Publications) Elizabeth Day, a journalist for The Guardian, has been reading short stories…