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From The Reader Bookshelf… The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

From The Reader Bookshelf… My Antonia by Willa Cather
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

November Stories and Poems
This month saw The Reader's first Gravity festival which took place online and in person 5 - 7 November. Taking…

From The Reader Bookshelf… The Vintage Book of African-American Poetry
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

The Storybarn selects… from The Reader Bookshelf
As part of our ongoing work exploring texts from The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked members of our Children & Young People…

From The Reader Bookshelf… The Complete Works of Emily Dickinson
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

In celebration of Book Week NI: Literature Recommendations
To continue the celebration of Book Week NI, we asked two of our group leaders working within justice settings to…

TOP 10 EVENTS NOT TO BE MISSED AT GRAVITY FESTIVAL 2021
Gravity is a new festival hosted by The Reader that blends literature with wellbeing. Through workshops, headline talks, panel discussions…

From The Reader Bookshelf… The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

From The Reader Bookshelf… The Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

From The Reader Bookshelf… Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…

October’s Stories and Poems – Black History Month
To mark Black History Month, October’s selection of stories, extracts and poems showcase works from black authors from the 19th…