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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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;…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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