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The Reader Gets Angry Part Two
Some Reader Online readers may remember this article by Gabriella Gruder-Poni, ‘Scenes from a PGCE’ (which was published in part…

NEW: The Reader 43
Ian McMillan writes a poem in celebration of the first staging of The Winter’s Tale, in which we meet Shakespeare…

Time to turn off the TV and get kids into reading
For many a frazzled and tight-on-time parent, the small black box (or sleek silver 42 inch plasma) in the corner…

Dorset Delights with Brian Nellist
Treat yourself to some serious reading for pleasure on this ten-week reading course with Brian Nellist. Brian will be leading…

A Great Big Huge THANK YOU
Thank you to everybody who sponsored our reader runners, we are 100% grateful for your generous donations and I think…

Texts and tweets: Poetry for the next generation?
Whilst browsing my daily newspaper a few weeks ago, I was somewhat shocked to come across a story outlining the…

Reading With Children – Benefits on a Grand Scale
Just in case you haven't noticed, plenty of The Reader staff ran the 5K in Liverpool the weekend before last,…

Roald Dahl Day
Today is officially Roald Dahl Day- a chance to celebrate everything wonderful about the work and life of Roald Dahl…

The Fleetingly Beautiful Final Fitness Diary
Don't you just want to cry? Really? I know you will miss reading these fitness diaries. I can't say that…

This is Different: this is why we are running
Hello everybody, I would like to draw your attention to this story from Anna Fleming, one of our Young Person's…

A Fitness Diary from Wembley Stadium
You know you're taking the 5k run seriously when even on arguably the best day of your life, and within…

Featured Poem: Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson
Apologies for the slight delay with this week's featured poem - blame Bank Holiday bugs in the system...! Even if…