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Visiting Laeseforningen
By Mary Weston, our Mental Health Project Manager I’ve been visiting our sister organisation in Denmark, Læseforeningen, (The Reading Society)…
The New International? Literature in an age of ‘globish’
The Institute of Ideas' seventh annual 'Battle of Ideas' takes place on 29-30 October, and there will be an exciting programme of…
The Reading Revolution grows in Denmark
Mette Steenberg, pictured here (right) with Jane, has set up Læseforeningen, our sister organisation in Denmark, to implement the shared…
The Denmark Diary
Casi Dylan, TRO Training Manager, is currently out in Aarhus, Denmark, overseeing the development of a new training course which…
Featured Poem: The Stare’s Nest By My Window by W.B. Yeats
There’s been a distinct political flavour to proceedings in the literary world in the past week. There was the small…
A Japanese Adventure… Part 4
From Leila Green, on her Japanese travels: It's impossible to walk the streets of any bustling city in Japan, let…
A Japanese Adventure – Part 3
"... if her nose wasn't so small." Komura's comment is at odds with my experience of the modern Japanese aesthetic,…
A Japanese Adventure…Part 2
"...the Japanese point to their noses with their index finger." Like many non-Brits the Japanese are amused by our concept…
A Japanese Adventure… Part 1
Leila Green, along with her best friend Nikki, spent three months backpacking through Japan, New Zealand and Australia, leaving in…
Event: Literature and Armed Conflict in Central America
University of Liverpool Post-Civil War Central American Literature Event 17th April, 14.00 to 16.00, in the Garden Room at the…
International Literacy Day
Today is International Literacy Day, upon which, each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and…
Reminder: Somali Arts and Culture Festival
Kayd, along with its partner Redsea-online, are proud to announce the inaugural Somali Arts and Culture Festival to be held…