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Off the Page: Reading with Liverpool Families
Off the Page is our new Liverpool Families project, which aims to improve the lives of disadvantaged children across the…

Goodbye and Good Luck to our Apprentice Zoe
Saying goodbye is always bittersweet, but it's with looking back on some wonderful achievements that we bid a fond farewell…

Featured Poem: The Walrus and the Carpenter by Lewis Carroll
As it's a Bank Holiday, we're taking a trip down the rabbit hole and visiting Wonderland...this week in 1862, while…

Remembering Mal Peet
We're saddened by the news that children's author Mal Peet has died, aged 67. Regarded as one of the top…

Reading for the ages – and sexes
Ahead of World Book Day, some recent surveys have revealed some interesting findings on reading amongst the generations and genders.…

The Reader Organisation’s Review of 2014: Part 1
2014 is fast drawing to a close, and what a year it's been for us here at The Reader Organisation.…

Seasons Readings!
Christmas spirit is filling the TRO offices at the moment as we get ready to wrap up for the holiday…

The Menlove Treasure: The end is in sight…
The grass turned silver, the stone doorway shone red. The long, skinny shadows of the children twitched across the shovelled…

Featured Poem: Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson
As the festive season approaches even closer, as well as the shortest day of the year, we're keeping things seasonal…

Bibliotherapy: Therapy through Literature MA module in London
If literature takes life as its subject-matter, what practical relation do books have to the lives of those who read…

Featured Poem: The Foolish Fir-Tree by Henry Van Dyke
As December is upon us it seems fitting for this week’s featured poem to have a festive flavour. With Christmas…

Library Memory Groups in Wiltshire and the South West
The Reader Organisation in South West England have been running Library Memory Groups in Wiltshire in conjunction with Wiltshire Council…