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Event: Words and Images Readers’ Day
The Reader Organisation presents: 'Words and Images' Readers' Day in partnership with The Brindley Arts Centre Saturday 13th June, 9.30-4.00pm…

Free Event: Tom Priestley at the Liverpool Playhouse
Tom Priestley will be on stage at the Liverpool Playhouse at 4.45pm on Saturday 16 May for a free talk…

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award
The School of English at the University of Liverpool, in partnership with The Reader Organisation has been awarded an AHRC…

Poetry to Raise Awareness
To mark the start of Children's Heart Week which begins on Saturday, poet Rebecca Goss (a strong supporter of The…

Featured Poem: ‘Crossing the Bar’ By Alfred Tennyson
Due to last week’s announcement regarding Carol Ann Duffy succeeding Andrew Motion as Poet Laureate, our featured poem belongs to…

Carol Ann Duffy is the new Poet Laureate
The headline says it all really! Carol Ann Duffy will later today be announced as the new Poet Laureate, taking over…

Vital Vocabulary
Today sees the publication of the final report of Sir Jim Rose's Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum. In this…

New Horizons for Get Into Reading
Our ‘Get Into Reading' project has been singled-out by the Government as an example of best practice in helping improve…

The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
The sun came out (eventually) for The Seal Cub Clubbing Club's album launch at Rockscape on Saturday afternoon, which was…

Theatre in the Rough
Theatre in the Rough is a festival of new playwriting by 13-18 year-olds from across the Greater Merseyside region. Originating…

Event: The Seal Cub Clubbing Club Album Launch
Up-and-coming Wirral band, The Seal Cub Clubbing Club (trying saying that in a hurry!), are launching their new album at…

On Reading Paradise Lost #1
In my Get Into Reading group we have embarked on a mighty task: we're starting to read Paradise Lost, together,…