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Poetry Gardens for Eyeballs Vexed and Tired
The Royal Horticultural Society recently held the Hampton Court Flower Show, featuring a competition for gardens inspired by great works…
Featured Poem: The Eagle That Is Forgotten by Vachel Lindsay
Turning over the latest page of the calendar, you might think there’s nothing that special about today. Just a run-of-the-mill…
Emma Jane Unsworth to read debut novel in Liverpool
Waterstones, Liverpool One Friday, 1st July, 6.00 pm Manchester’s brightest new literary star and Liverpool University graduate, Emma Jane Unsworth,…
Featured Poem: Sonnet 14 by William Shakespeare
The stars have many different uses, some of which we’ve touched upon thanks to the stargazing of Katherine Mansfield and…
Reggae Reggae Reads
Published on behalf of Patrick Fisher, Young Persons Project Worker In the current issue of the Times Educational Supplement, Levi…
Featured Poem: My Star by Robert Browning
As we observed from last week’s Featured Poem there are millions; nay billions; nay trillions (or any other numeral signifying…
Fact of the Week #5
This week The Guardian published their list of the 100 greatest non-fiction books of all time. Three of these were…
Arts and Health – A Vital Link
Tim Joss, Director of the Rayne Foundation, recently wrote an article published in the Arts Professional magazine. Joss argues the…
Recycling Johnson Takes A Literary Turn
As Phil and Sheena begin the final stretch of their Scottish cycling tour (only 91 miles to go after today!),…
Jane’s Blog – The Social Animal
Jane Davis has been writing a blog for the past couple of months. Her latest post is about The Social…
The Rolling Tomes
Posted on behalf of Eleanor McCann, Mersey Care Reader in Residence I knew I'd picked the right seminar at the…
The Reader reaches 42 and gets a makeover
It's bold, it's fresh, it's stylish but above all it contains the same great content. The Reader, reaching 42, has…
