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The Reader is named best UK Charity in The Big Give Christmas Challenge Awards
The Reader is thrilled to have been recognised as the best UK charity in The Big Give Christmas Challenge Awards…

Nick Sharratt’s fun and games on Liverpool Schools Tour
The Reader were thrilled to welcome Nick Sharratt to Liverpool on the Scottish Friendly Children's Book Tour. Natalie, Neil and…

Recommended Read: A Little Aloud With Love #1
As the world rushes towards Valentines Day in a flurry of reds and pinks and heart shaped balloons we thought…

Feeling it: Reading the emotions of others
Discussions on literature and empathy continue to buzz around The Reader HQ following Obama's sentiments on reading for empathy, our…

Featured Poem: Lift Not the Painted Veil by Percy Bysshe Shelley
This week's Featured Poem comes from Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lift Not the Painted Veil is a popular poem in Shared Reading and here…

Give A Little Aloud With Love this Valentines
'Love loves to love love...' Has any other subject inspired history's greatest writers more? As we prepare to celebrate A Little, Aloud…

‘To use and not simply deny negative material’: Shared Reading in action
This month The Reader features in The Psychologist magazine. CRILS' Philip Davis discusses Literature in performance, psychology in action. "Literature is about the human…

Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake & Bad Things is now open!
We're Going on a bear hunt.... Michael Rosen's Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake & Bad Things experience is now open in…

February in The Storybarn
There may be lots of Bear Hunting going on at our pop-up space in Liverpool ONE but there's still plenty…

Read of the Week: Stuart, A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters
This week's read comes recommended by Laura, Sutton Trust Project Coordinator, who discusses Stuart, A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters. "In the…

Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt experience launches in Liverpool
We went on a bear hunt! And what a beautiful day it was! “We are excited to be part of…

Featured Poem: Piano by DH Lawrence
For this week's Featured Poem we turn to the nostalgic recollections of DH Lawrence in his poem Piano. Born in Nottingham,…