News and Updates

As we countdown to the launch of The Reader's Big Give Christmas Challenge, we've been catching up with three of…

This week we say a fond farewell to our Reading Resources Intern Drew but before she heads off on the…

This week we're dipping back into the mists of time for our Featured Poem and a recommendation from Vic during…

  Last Christmas you helped us raise over £40,000 to support socially isolated older people through Shared Reading. This year, we're…

The Reader is building a volunteer-led movement across the North West. Could you help us make that happen? Shared Reading has been…

A poem this morning from one of our favourite poets, Christina Rossetti. This week we're reading From Sunset to Star Rise.…

Our Featured Poem this week comes from the bard. Sonnet 73 feels a timely read from William Shakespeare. We haven't had any…

This week's Read comes from the Brothers Grimm, Clare recommends a Selected Tale for readers to enjoy. "There was once an ancient…

This week’s Featured Poem comes from Rainer Maria Rilke, an influential Bohemian-Austrian poet and novelist, thought to be one of…

Since our last meeting with The Reader magazine, a chill had crept into the air and it won't be long now until…

Our friends at the National Literacy Trust have launched read north east to get the region reading with thousands of…

We've travelled far back into the annals of time for this week's Featured Poem, Care-Charming Sleep by John Fletcher. Born in 1579, Fletcher was…