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The Reader’s Derby
Now, as we all know, the Santa Dash we're about to run is supposed to be all Christmassey and that,…

The Evening Read-In: All About…A Christmas Carol #2
A tale for reading out loud It seems A Christmas Carol is a story that is particularly designed to be…

Penny Readings Tickets Draw
The deadline has now passed for all those who wanted to attend this year’s Penny Readings with star guest David…

The Evening Read-In: Meet the Project Worker #1
It's not long to go now until The Evening Read-In and before each Read-In starts in earnest, we'll be profiling…

Bupa Pilot Project Evaluation
'I never realised you could use reading in this way. I used to read aloud to some residents when they…

The Evening Read-In: All About…A Christmas Carol #1
To get ready for the very first Evening Read-In – coming this Thursday, 24th November at 9pm – we’ll be…

Featured Poem: How Doth the Little Busy Bee by Isaac Watts
A couple of weeks ago, we touched upon the banes – as well as the benefits – of boredom. Now…

Recommended Reads – The Knife of Never Letting Go
This week's Recommended Read comes from Jen Tomkins, our Communications Manager, who has been reading about the trials of self…

CPD Masterclass: Making Shakespeare Happen
Making Shakespeare Happen 28th November 2011, 1-5pm Exeter Central Library FREE (open only to Read to Lead graduates as part…

The Evening Read-In – one week to go!
There are just 7 days, 168 hours, 10,080 minutes, 604,800 seconds (if you want to count them all...) to the first…

Readers of the World: Brazil
Welcome to the first in a fortnightly, worldwide, literature love-in. Basically, what’s happening here is staff members of The Reader…

Launch of Centre for Research into Reading, Information and Linguistics Systems
Earlier today I joined several of my colleagues from The Reader Organisation at University of Liverpool, for the launch of…