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Reading in the Bath
Well, not quite reading in the bath but reading in Bath. On 1st March Angela Macmillan, Jane Davis and TRO…

Call for support for people with dementia and their carers
A report published today by the Alzheimer’s Society calls for better support for people with dementia who are living at…

The Power of Words: TRO in The Irish Times
We're very excited to report that over the weekend TRO featured in The Irish Times, in an article written by…

Featured Poem: Barter by Sara Teasdale
Scientists are busy people. Not that I’ve ever had any reason to think otherwise or undermine their work, I should…

TRO’s Northern Ireland Showcase
On Tuesday 22nd February we're coming to deliver a Showcase in Northern Ireland, at Lisburn's City Library, from 2-4pm. This event is…

CALL FOR IDEAS: The Reader Organisation’s Second National Conference
Following on from the huge success of last year's conference, The Reader Organisation’s Second National Conference will take place in…

A Little, Aloud at Bath Literature Festival
Here's a bit of prior notice about an event that Angela Macmillan, Jane Davis and TRO patron Blake Morrison, will…

TRO Showcase: Sefton, 19th January
Yes, our next Showcase will be just down the road in Crosby, Sefton, next Wednesday 19th January. Hosted by Sefton CVS, it will…

Wigtown Poetry Competition – Open for Entries
The Wigtown Poetry Competition is Scotland’s most prestigious poetry prize. The 2010-2011 competition was launched at last year's book festival…

The Reader Online: 2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary…

Booktrust to lose funding for all bookgifting
Booktrust had notification on Friday 17 December from the Department for Education that funding for all their English bookgifting programmes …

Vintage Christmas Podcast
A special Christmas edition of the Vintage Podcast, has Richard Briers reading an extract from A Christmas Carol (34 minutes…