All Posts
Japanese Diary: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Flier
Kimberley Long is a former Reader volunteer currently teaching English in Japan. For my Christmas visit home I chose a…
Featured Poems: An Easter collection
We realise that we can't bring you chocolates, or bunnies, or bunches of flowers, but we can bring together many aspects of…
So Spirited A Town–Nicholas Murray Interview
Over at The Book Depository Mark Thwaite has been interviewing Nicholas Murray about his next book, So Spirited A Town:…
William Faulkner and Barack Obama
C. Max Magee at The Millions has an interesting post about the recent speech made by Barack Obama addressing the…
Sentimental Old Fool
Deadlines have left me a little out of touch in the last few days but I wanted to share this…
Featured Poem: The Prelude, William Wordsworth
by Sarah Coley, The Reader magazine's deputy editor. If you want the company of a great soul, read The Prelude…
Featured poem: After Rain, Stephen Phillips
I am not one to get down about the weather. Actually that is a complete mistruth. I worship sunshine: the…
Recommended Reads: The Wycherley Woman
by Steven Powell Ross Macdonald was one of the many pseudonyms of Kenneth Millar, creator of the fictional private detective…
Recommended Reads: In Celebration of World Book Day 2008
No, the book is not called In Celebration of World Book Day (if there are any aspiring concept novelists out…
Most Stolen Books
We're used to seeing lists of bestsellers, lists of most borrowed, most read by priests who ride motorbikes (ok, I…
Featured Poem: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Lord Byron
"I awoke one morning and found myself famous", said Byron. That morning was 3rd March 1812, the morning that Cantos…
Liverpool Poetry Cafe
The launch of Liverpool Poetry Café – at the Costa café on Bold Street – celebrated City Poems with 15…
