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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)…

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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…

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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…

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The Denmark Diary

Casi Dylan, TRO Training Manager, is currently out in Aarhus, Denmark, overseeing the development of a new training course which…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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International Literacy Day

Today is International Literacy Day, upon which, each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and…

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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…

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