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The countdown continues: Read to Lead London 2012
41 days, 30 minutes and counting... The clock is ticking, so make sure to get your applications in for the…

Featured Poem: Epigram by Thomas Bastard
This week's Featured Poem is the selection of Megg Hewlett, Get Into Reading Project Worker for Kensington and Chelsea -…

The Peculiar Pop-Up Story Shop!
From the 23rd-27th July, The Reader Organisation are transforming a disused shop in Seacombe into The Peculiar Pop-Up Story Shop!…

Ready, Set, Go! … A Little, Aloud for Children in the ‘Book Relay’
Last week, A Little, Aloud for Children was spotted in Monmouthshire doing a bit of Olympic-style relay-running, as it was…

Rap…or Poetry?
From Niall Gibney, Community Development Assistant What do you think? Is this rap or is this poetry? I’m a young…

Noel’s Story: The Power of Reading
It's time for another in our series of Get Into Reading group members' testimonials, originally presented at our conference in…

Recommended Reads: Coming up for Air
This week's Recommended Read comes from our Communications Intern, Amir Ali, who has been intrigued by Coming up for Air,…

Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain Julia Briggs Memorial Prize 2013
The Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain is searching for writers across the country to enter the third Julia Briggs…

Readers of the World: Kenya
It's that time again at The Reader Online where we go on another whistle-stop tour around the world to discover…

Glasgow Care Homes Get Into Reading
This afternoon, The Reader Organisation is hosting a showcase event, 'Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards', at the University of Stirling. The…

Ahead of the Game: Read to Lead London 2012
53 days, 2 hours, 30 minutes and counting . . . No, not the countdown to London 2012, but a…

A Ray of Fire
From Niall Gibney For the past two months I have been attending a group at the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership…