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Maryanne Wolf: Reading is not Natural
It seems like the most natural thing in the world for many of us now but a long while ago,…
Dinner and Reading with Marilynne Robinson
We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting an informal dinner with Pulitzer and Orange Prize-winner Marilynne Robinson…
Featured Poem: Reveille by A.E Housman
This week’s poem is for everyone who got out of the wrong side of bed this morning. Or, perhaps more…
Author of “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” comes to Liverpool!
Sefton Arts in association with Pritchards Bookshop are bringing John Boyne, author of the internationally best selling The Boy in…
Featured Poem: The Lesser Celandine by William Wordsworth
Last week, we broached the topic of ageing; a rather sensitive topic but one that is particularly ripe for the…
Zadie Smith and Wile E. Coyote
Following on from Rob's post about Zadie Smith's essay on libraries, she mentioned how abandoning shared institutions once one no…
Zadie Smith on libraries
‘Local libraries are gateways, not only to other libraries, but to other lives’. As many public libraries wait anxiously to discover…
Featured Poem: Broken Dreams by W.B Yeats
Recently I celebrated another birthday. Not a particular milestone and certainly no reason to start believing that I’m on the…
Featured Poem: To The Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Some curious things have been happening in the skies over the past week. I’m not just talking about the fact…
Wilfred Owen’s Story continues in Birkenhead
What comes to mind when you think of Wilfred Owen? Poetry - of course. War – particularly the futility of.…
Frank Cottrell Boyce pens new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang books
A new series of books featuring that famous flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is being written by Our Read…
Featured Poem: Joy and Pleasure by William Henry Davies
In last week’s Featured Poem, a magnifying glass was held up to the seemingly straightforward feeling of pleasure, shining light…
