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The Reading Cure–Five Day Residential Course
Sunday 21st - Friday 26th September 2008, Burton Manor, Cheshire The Reader Organisation would like to announce its first five…

Mace and Jones Short Story Competition
Leading Merseyside law firm, Mace & Jones, is launching a short story competition to coincide with Liverpool’s year as European Capital of…

Children’s Storytelling on Sundays
From this Sunday - that's Sunday 6th July - until Sunday 31st August, The Reader Organisation, in association with the Bluecoat's…

New Reader-in-Residence Sets Sail
The Reader Organisation's 'Reading Revolution' is in full force: we have just assigned a Reader-in-Residence to Bibby Line Group, one of one…

Reader Poll: Classics on Richard and Judy
Before I start let’s just get something out of the way: The Richard and Judy Book Club is on the…

The Reader, Issue 30, “I live and write” now available
Readers will recognise more than a few names on the contents page in The Reader No. 30. By coincidence, they…

Event: The impact of German-language culture in the UK
How receptive is the British public to the history and culture of its close neighbours in German-speaking Europe? Come and…

More Kindle
Yesterday I wrote about how publishers are experiencing dramatic increases in sales of ebooks and how ebook readers such as…

Edge Hill Short Story Competition–Readers’ Prize
Get Into Reading manager Kate McDonnell writes with news of Get Into Reading's involvement with the 2008 Edge Hill Short…

More Funding Needed for Dementia Services
Katie Peters, a Project Worker for Get Into Reading, working with Mersey Care NHS Trust and dementia patients writes: A…

Les Murray Reads in Liverpool: Wednesday 4th June, 8pm at the Bluecoat
The Reader Organisation has teamed up with The Bluecoat in Liverpool for this rare chance to hear Australia's leading contemporary…

Imagine… Doris Lessing
Last night, BBC 1 broadcast a tribute programme about Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Presented…