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Recommended Poem: In The Bleak Midwinter
By Siobhan Chapman I walked down Bold Street in Liverpool late in the afternoon one day last week, passing the…
Books of 2007: Janet’s Repentance–Katie Peters
Friends of The Reader choose their books of 2007. by Katie Peters My favourite read of 2007 is, without a…
Books of 2007: from the audience of the Penny Readings
Friends of The Reader have been writing about their books of 2007. Here, we have attendees of The Reader's Penny…
Books of 2007: The Custom of the Country
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Angela Macmillan I thought that choosing my best book…
Reader event: Penny Readings
Penny Readings St. George's Hall, Liverpool December 9th, 2007 By Chris High In the annual Penny Readings, now in its…
Books of 2007: Beer, Philosophy, Crime–Chris Routledge
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Chris Routledge My reading tends to be dominated by…
The Temple of Serendipity
Brad Bigelow recalls skipping classes to go to the library. Somewhere around my third week in college I looked up…
Books of 2007: The Dastardly Book for Dogs–Suze Clarke
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Suze Clarke This is a book in the age…
Recommended Reads: Elizabeth Gaskell’s Wives and Daughters
By Josie Billington Mrs Gaskell’s last and finest work, Wives and Daughters, has been called ‘the most underrated novel in…
Books of 2007: Half of a Yellow Sun–Bea Colley
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Bea Colley The book Half of a Yellow Sun…
Featured Poem: On Wenlock Edge
A.E. Houseman's poem 'On Wenlock Edge ...' (1896) is one of my favourite poems, not least for its description of…
Recommended Reads: James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia (1987) is a fictionalised account of the notorious unsolved murder of Elizabeth Ann Short in Los Angeles…
