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A Walk with Winnie-the-Pooh
Zoe Gilling, The Reader Organisation's Business Manager, takes a break from organising our move to West Everton to to take…
The Last 100 Days Longlisted for Man Booker Prize
by Phoebe Crompton Patrick McGuinness' debut novel, The Last Hundred Days, has been longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize. Set…
Featured Poem: The Builders by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A week on, I’m still finding that I’m utterly riveted by the fantastic Poetry Tags project; initially striking me as…
Featured Poem: Weave In, My Hardy Life by Walt Whitman
Poetry can be found in the most unexpected places. In these modern times all about inventiveness and innovation, pen and…
Grab Some Poems to Take Home!
For those who aren't already proud owners of a copy, you should know that we have our own brilliant poetry…
Charles Dickens closes Maghull Arts Festival
Maghull High School Saturday 16th July, 2 pm Tickets: £5 An outdoor adaptation of Dickens’ classic, Great Expectations, brings the…
A New Writer Supports The Reader
We're delighted to announce a new Reading Revolution supporter: Anna Lawrence Pietroni. After working as an officer for several years…
Do you have the gift of the gab?
Liverpool Irish Festival are looking for new storytellers, as part of their ‘Discovering the Liverpool Irish' project, who are keen…
Mind Book of the Year 2011
Mental health charity, Mind, recently announced the shortlist for their 30th annual prize acknowledging the best books published in the…
Featured Poem: I Find No Peace by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Last week, in honour of Independence Day, we took a celebratory nod towards all things American. This week, we’ll go…
Is Fiction Good for You?
Emeritus Professor at Toronto University, Keith Oatley was on the Today Programme, erm, today, discussing the remedial power of fiction.…
Literature Events at the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival
As part of the Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, the Bluecoat will be hosting two exciting literature events over the coming…
