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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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