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Philip Pullman on Milton
Kirsty at Other Stories, who also writes for the OUP blog, is getting all excited about a piece by Philip…
Recommended Reads: George MacDonald
Mary Weston manages the Merseycare Reads Project, teaches in Continuing Education, works as a counsellor, runs open house for asylum…
Recommended Reads: Spies, by Michael Frayn
Kate McDonnell is a project worker at Get Into Reading. Spies by Michael Frayn I read Spies twice last year:…
Featured Poem: Frost at Midnight
Coleridge's poem 'Frost at Midnight' was written 210 years ago in early 1798. It is a poem that embodies the…
Recommended Reads: A History of Psychiatry
Jane Davis, director of The Reader Organisation, is kept awake by a book she thought would do the opposite. A…
Featured Poem: The Franklin’s Tale
On the last day of December our featured poem is a wintry extract from the Franklin's Tale, from Chaucer's Canterbury…
The Editing of Raymond Carver
In its end of year issue The New Yorker is featuring an excellent article about Raymond Carver and his editor…
Books of 2007: Musicophilia–Sarah Coley
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007 Oliver Sacks. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain By…
Books of 2007: A Christmas Carol–Susan O’Connor
Friends of The Reader write about their books of the year. I have just read Molesworth’s opinion on the great…
Books of 2007: The Kite Runner
Friends of The Reader recommend their books of 2007. By Wendy Kay My book of 2007 is The Kite Runner…
Books of 2007: Literature and Theology–John Scrivener
Friends of The Reader recommend their books of 2007. By John Scrivener The new book (new to me anyhow) I…
Books of 2007: Hotel World–Clare Williams
By Clare Williams My favourite book of the year has to be Ali Smith’s Hotel World (Hamish Hamilton, 2001). As…
