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Are you deciding what to read?
As an inveterate browser of bookshops I've only occasionally allowed myself to be sucked in by the 3-for-2 deals on…
Strangers and Strange Worlds: Readers’ Day Saturday 7th July 2007
Hosted by The Reader in association with Archbishop Blanch High School. If you love reading then you'll love the Readers'…
Michael Rosen on Reading for Pleasure
Michael Rosen, who was appointed Children's Laureate yesterday, is well known as a critic of British education policy, especially when…
Find Time to Read
When academics and teachers get together one of the most common complaints they have about their students is that "young…
Orange Prize Winners Announced
The winners of the Orange Prize were announced last night at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. Nigerian…
The Poetry of Les Murray
Les Murray, sometimes of this parish, features in this week's New Yorker in a review article by Dan Chiasson. Chiasson…
Underground Books
One theory about how to get people reading is that if you put books in front of them they will…
Middle Ages Tech Support
New technology is never easy.
Getting into Reading in Runcorn
Helen Tookey On Saturday The Reader ran a readers’ day at the fantastic Brindley theatre and arts centre in Runcorn,…
Going for Gold
by Katie Peters The organisers of the Carnegie gold medal for children’s writing yesterday, librarians’ institute CILIP, last week issued…
Alternative Worlds
Reader volunteer Emily Dixon reflects on what she gets from reading For me, one of the greatest pleasures of reading…
Recommended Reads for World Book Day
Angela Macmillan recommends Bleak House by Charles Dickens. I always hum and hah whenever someone asks me to name my…
