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Fifty Years of A Clockwork Orange
Fifty Years of A Clockwork Orange Thursday 28th-Saturday 30th June 2012 The International Anthony Burgess Foundation, 3 Cambridge Street, Manchester,…

Introducing Professor Frank Cottrell Boyce…and more Unforgotten Coat success
Here at The Reader Organisation we're reading a range of very interesting things on a daily basis, but we were…

International Short Story Day: 20th June
It's often been said that good things come in small packages, and today the literary world is endorsing this view-point by…

Three Peaks Training Diary: What a Jubilee
The days and hours are ticking down to The Reader Organisation's Three Peaks Challenge, with 15 of our bravest, fittest…

Angela Macmillan on BBC Book Cafe
Yesterday, editor of the A Little, Aloud anthologies Anglea Macmillan appeared on BBC Radio Scotland's Book Cafe to speak about…

Have A Good Week
The above sentiment is something that we wish our readers every week, but this week it's especially pertinent as it…

Featured Poem: Three Peaks Poetry Playlist #1
Those mountains are getting closer on the horizon and Team TRO are gearing up for the last laps of training…

Float like a butterfly, mountains there’s 3
“So began the third act of the fight. Not often was there a better end to a second act than…

The Reader Organisation at the Festival of the World
This summer, the Southbank Centre in London is hosting a Festival of the World, made up of many smaller festivals…

A Little, Aloud for Children Update
Have you got your copy of A Little, Aloud for Children yet? If not, what are you waiting for?! Why…

Recommended Reads: The Night Watch
This week's Recommended Read comes from me - Lizzie Cain, Communications Assistant - and I've been transported to 1940s London at…

Lunchtime Classics at Waterstones with Angela Macmillan
Looking for something more interesting to do with your lunch-hour? Then why not pop down to Waterstones in Liverpool One…