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Live stream: The Tree of My Life by Edward Rowland Sill
Today we're reading The Tree of My Life by Edward Rowland Sill. The Tree of My Life When I was…

Featured Poem: The Good Morrow by John Donne
This week in our special series of poems to help us through the testing times ahead, Julie Gaukroger, The Reader's…

Places to Go: The Machine Stops by E.M Forster
This week, Chris Lynn reads from E.M Forster’s classic sci-fi short story ‘The Machine Stops’ - the full text can…

Live Stream: Under the Waterfall by Thomas Hardy
'Whenever I plunge my arm, like this, In a basin of water, I never miss The sweet sharp sense of…

Live Stream: Resolution and Independence by William Wordsworth
from Resolution and Independence My former thoughts returned: the fear that kills; And hope that is unwilling to be fed;…

Featured Poem: The Best Thing in the World by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
This week in our special series of poems to help us through the testing times ahead, Natalie, The Reader's Learning…

Places to Go: Kabuliwala by Rabindranath Tagore
Places to Go is a special feature that The Reader is bringing to you in the hope that it may…

Featured Poem: To a Poet by Claude McKay
This week in our special series of poems to help us through the testing times ahead, Grace Frame, The Reader's…

Places to Go: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Places to Go is a special feature that The Reader is bringing to you in the hope that it may…

Live Stream: Little Ida’s Flowers by Hans Christian Andersen
On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1pm you can join us on Facebook live for your bi-weekly dose of literature read…

Live Stream: The Idler By Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson
On Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1pm you can join us on Facebook live for your bi-weekly dose of literature read…

Featured Poem: Deep in the Quiet Wood by James Weldon Johnson
This week in our special series of Featured Poems, Erin Carlstrom, The Reader's London Development Manager, shares her thoughts on Deep…