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November in The Storybarn
All Free Friday sessions are now fully booked! Every weekend throughout November we'll be exploring a different theme by reading…

Free Fridays at The Storybarn
Here at The Storybarn we love stories, adventures and all things creative. . . and we really love Fridays! To…

A Spine-Chillingly Successful Halloween!
As we hang up our witch's hat for another year and put the broom to good use sweeping up the…

Valuing Workplace Well-being
Inspired by her fellow speakers at the Wellbeing at Work conference in London last week, our founder and director Jane Davis has been…

The Hidden Treasure within Liverpool Central Library
With Liverpool Literary Festival soon approaching, our Intern Lauren thought she'd get herself into the bibliophile festive spirit and take…

Half-term Halloween Party
The witching hour is nearly here, so grab your fancy dress and join us for a SPOOK-TACULAR HALLOWEEN PARTY this…

Award Winning Volunteers in Knowsley
Last week our wonderful team of volunteers in Knowsley took second place in the Special Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in…

What’s your favourite literary TV adaptation?
The evenings are closing in, the temperature is dropping, the time seems right to make a hot brew and curl…

Introducing our Oxford World’s Classics library
To celebrate our new partnership with Oxford University Press we have a Reader Story from a group enjoying one of…

OUP announce new partnership with The Reader
Press Release by Oxford University Press Today Oxford University Press (OUP) and The Reader announce an exciting new partnership, working…

Threading Dreams at The Reader Gallery
In The Reader Gallery this week we have a fantastic exhibition of Kantha embroidery from Bangladesh collected by Ruby Porter MBE during the 27…

Recommended Reads: Poetry and Dementia
Continuing on from yesterday's focus on dementia for World Alzheimer's Day, we look at some of the poems which work…