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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,…

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Literature

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Calderstones

Reading for Wellbeing: what a Conference!

Well, another year, another brilliant TRO conference... 250 people joined us from across the UK and beyond for a full…

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Literature

Featured Poem: The Sea and The Hills by Rudyard Kipling

A week ago, we were taken on a rather emotionally unsettling voyage across the seas courtesy of Paul Laurence Dunbar.…

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Literature

Jane’s new reading blog

Being a reader is a lot like being a permanent traveller on a never-ending long haul trip. Some have clocked up…

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Calderstones

Dinner and Reading with Marilynne Robinson – SOLD OUT

Dinner and Reading with acclaimed author Marilynne Robinson on Monday 16th May is now SOLD OUT. If you would like…

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Calderstones

Marilynne Robinson: Guest Speaker at TRO Reading for Wellbeing Conference

Everyone at The Reader Organisation is looking forward to Marilynne Robinson's appearance at our Reading for Wellbeing Conference next Tuesday…

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Literature

Featured Poem: Ships That Pass in the Night by Paul Laurence Dunbar

While coming up with ideas for and compiling last week’s Featured Poem, which greeted the month of May with a…

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Children and Young People

Recommended Reads: A Monster Calls

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness  A Monster Calls is written by Patrick Ness, from an idea sprung from the…

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Calderstones

That Summer in Ischia book launch

Penny Feeny’s debut novel, That Summer in Ischia, will be published by the prestigious Tindal St Press on May 5th…

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Literature

Featured Poem: Thoughts In A Garden by Andrew Marvell

I’m sure the majority of us have been enjoying the sunshine and unseasonal warmth that has made up most of…

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