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Doris Lessing Documentary Features The Reader Organisation. BBC1, Tuesday May 27, 10.35pm.
Coming up on BBC1 on Tuesday May 27th, the Imagine series, presented by Alan Yentob, is running a documentary on…

Mind and Body Readers’ Day at the Brindley, Saturday 17th May
The Readers' Day held at the Brindley Arts Centre on Saturday was a great success: it seems that guests, organisers…

Literature of Depression
In 2005 Monica Janssens was diagnosed with panic disorder and severe depression and admitted to the Priory Hospital. Monica has…

Readers’ Day at Brindley Arts Centre May 17th, 2008
This coming Saturday (17th May),The Reader Organisation working with the award-winning Brindley Arts Centre in Runcorn, presents another of its highly enjoyable…

Blake Morrison agrees to be Chair of The Reader Organisation Board
Recently, The Reader Organisation has established itself as a company limited by guarantee and is applying for charitable status. This…

Blogging: The Truth
I am unable to comment on the similarity between the facility shown in this film and the offices of The…

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Events
News today from Wirral Libraries that Roger Lyon from BBC Radio Merseyside will be appearing to talk about Robert Tressell's political…

The Rise and Rise of Bibliotherapy
Carly Townsend is a third year English Language and Literature student at the University of Liverpool. The French philosopher Charles…

Local Literary Events
There are some really fantastic literature events coming up over the next few weeks in the North West, including author readings,…

Reading and Health–Latest Research
(Above) Someone who may have benefited from reading. Through its Get Into Reading initiative The Reader Organisation has been promoting…

Wirral Bookfest 2008
Bea Colley writes with information about the Wirral Bookfest which runs for a week from April 7th and features readings,…

Reader Event: What Are You Reading?
Tomorrow (Saturday March 15th) heralds the grand re-opening of the Bluecoat arts centre in Liverpool. After a £12.5 million refurbishment…