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Stories Before Bedtime: New Readers Announced
It's not long to go until the next Stories Before Bedtime - an evening of twisted love stories read aloud…

Bupa residents share their stories for National Storytelling Week
This week (28th January-4th February) is the 12th annual National Storytelling Week and to celebrate, special story-based events are happening…

London Penny Readings: A resounding Reader success
It's hard to believe it's been over a week since our first London Penny Readings ; we're still all on a…

Featured Poem: All Nature has a Feeling by John Clare
This week's Featured Poem has been chosen by Wirral project worker Helen Wilson; a very evocative and thought provoking piece…

The Reading Revolution in Northern Ireland
We'll be taking Read To Lead to Northern Ireland very soon, as part of a new schedule of Open Courses…

A (Reading) Dog’s Tale
We're quite partial to the odd shaggy dog story now and again - and this is the tale of an…

Reading in Liverpool Schools Evaluation: Reading and responding
One of the greatest things about reading - and specifically about shared reading aloud - is that it allows us to…

Nellibobs Recommends…Willa Cather
The supreme Brian Nellist a.k.a Nellibobs is back with another illuminating insight into what he's been reading. In this instalment,…

Recommended Reads: A Fine Balance
This week’s Recommended Read comes from Charlotte Weber, Liverpool Hope University's Reader-In-Residence, who found herself completely immersed in the world of…

Have a bonnie Burns Night
There'll be celebrations a'plenty in the highlands tonight with feasts of haggis, neeps and tatties and more than wee drams…

A Dickens Extravaganza! London Penny Readings 2012
On Sunday, The Reader Organisation, in partnership with the British Library and Vintage Classics, brought Liverpool’s famous Penny Readings to London…

From Pip To Potter: Celebrating the Place of Children in Care in Literature
Following on from her appearance at the RSPH Arts and Wellbeing conference, Jane will be speaking at another very interesting…