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Featured Poem: Toussaint L’Ouverture by John Agard
This week in our special series of Featured Poems, Andrew Forster, National Shared Reading Projects Manager, talks us through a…

Places to Go: Cell One by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
As October is Black History Month, we have chosen a month of readings on this theme for our Daily Readings.…

National Poetry Day Live Stream: A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson
Kicking off a whole month of Daily Readings for #BlackHistoryMonth in October, we're hosting a special #NationalPoetryDay live stream here…

My Inner Anthology: This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolff
In this feature we're thinking about which bits of literature – whether that be in the form of poems, novels,…

Live Stream: The first Day’s Night had come by Emily Dickinson
For today's Shared Reading live stream, Head of Publications at The Reader, Grace Frame, reads The first Day's Night had…

Featured Poem: A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
As September draws to a close, this Featured Poem comes from National Hub Leader at The Reader, Esther Harsh, who…

Lines by Heart: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. For this week's Lines by Heart challenge, PIPES Reader Leader…

Places to Go: Mr. Peebles’ Heart by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. In this week's audio adventure we're reading Mr. Peebles’ Heart…

Live Stream: Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. National Hub Leader, Esther, reads from Three Questions by…

Featured Poem: In Utrumque Paratus by Matthew Arnold
This week in our special series of Featured Poems, Head of Publications at The Reader, Grace Frame looks at the…

Lines by Heart: There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. For this week's Lines by Heart challenge, PIPES Reader Leader…

Places to Go: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. In this week's audio adventure we're travelling the land of Jane…