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Featured Poem: The Kraken by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Remaining in the water just a little while longer – this shall be our last aquatic adventure, for a little…
Fact of the Week #3
The Guardian recently documented the lack of reading our celebrities indulge in. Victoria Beckham was alleged to have claimed to…
Prof Maryanne Wolf at The Reader Organisation’s Conference
In the first of a series of short videos from our Reading for Wellbeing Conference on 17th May, here are…
Quiz Night at Linghams Booksellers
Wednesday 22nd June, 19.30 – 21.30 Are you a bit of a bookworm? Want to test your literary expertise? Well,…
Recommended Reads: Dragonborn
Posted on behalf of Sam Shipman, our Young Person's Project Manager I read with a lovely young boy called Kevin…
Libraries I Have Known
Published on behalf of Emily Lezzeri, Get Into Reading South West Project Worker Libraries: quiet, calm and relaxing? My earliest…
Featured Poem: The Bait by John Donne
As it’s proved inviting and enthralling thus far, we shall stick with the ‘watery’ theme we’ve been exploring over the…
Fact of the Week #2
Mammoth online retailer Amazon is now selling more ebooks than printed books, with 105 downloads for every 100 physical purchases.…
Book Review: ‘Tales from Outer Suburbia’ by Shaun Tan
Published on behalf of Anna Fleming, Young Person's Project Worker The Reader Organisation was lucky enough to be sent 10…
Featured Poem: The Waterfall by Henry Vaughan
So, we’ve had the wildness and wonder of the sea; the full force of its rushing waves and soaring swells,…
Fact of the Week #1
Since starting at The Reader Organisation in March as a Research Intern I have had an ever-changing and expanding list…
HEROES books aim to rescue reading for boys
The suggestion has long been made that there is a distinct gender divide when it comes to reading, most significantly…
