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STOP THE TRAFFIK
STOP THE TRAFFIK is a global activist movement campaigning to end the forcing of innocent people into slavery, sweat shops,…

Sefton Writing Competition 2009
This competition is part of Sefton Arts & Cultural Service's extensive programme of writing-related events, performances, projects and workshops throughout…

Convention for Reading Groups
Books on the Broad are organising a one-day event entitled: "The Readers' Voice: A Meeting for Readers and Readers Groups".…

Fifty Years, Five Books and The Big Sweep
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the greatest detective fiction writer of the last century, Raymond Chandler.…

Upcoming North West Events and Exhibitions
Supper with Andrew Motion, 27th April Merchant Taylors' Girl's School are holding a literary supper on Monday 27th April with…

The Reader Organisation: featured in…
An article published in the lastest edition of Therapy Today, called 'The Reading Cure', is about Get Into Reading and…

Event: Why Victorian Literature Still Matters
Philip Davis and Adam Phillips - 'Why Victorian Literature Still Matters' Friday 17th April, 19.00-20.00 Hochhauser Auditorium, Sackler Centre, Victoria…

Event: Barney Hoskyns – Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits
Thursday 12th March 2009, 7:30pm - 8:30pm at the Bluecoat, Liverpool Renowned music journalist Barney Hoskyns discusses his hot off…

The David Rattray Memorial Fiction Prize
CALLING ALL FICTION WRITERS BETWEEN 18 AND 24 YEARS OLD. The David Rattray memorial fiction prize is an annual writing…

Latest issue of The Reader now available
Issue 33 of The Reader magazine, 'The Current of a Word', has arrived! Highlights include: new fiction from Rana Dasgupta…

Masterclass with Brian Nellist
Edit Change of date: Tuesday 7th April --- --- --- Masterclass with Brian Nellist: Book One of The Excursion by…

Reading Heroes on the Radio
Our Reading Heroes, Louise Jones and Jane Davis, will be live on BBC Radio Merseyside's Drivetime show this evening. Tune…