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Featured Anthology: Oxford Poets 2007 – Hilary Menos
Hilary Menos is the second poet we're highlighting in this feature. Previously working as a journalist, Menos now runs an…
Featured Anthology: Oxford Poets 2007 – Grace Ingoldby
The first of our featured poets in the first of our featured anthologies is Grace Ingoldby. A novelist and poet…
So Spirited a Town: Visions and Versions of Liverpool
Nicholas Murray, author of, among other things, biographies of Bruce Chatwin, Franz Kafka, and Mathew Arnold, writes about his book…
Featured Poem: The Sun Rising
Today's featured poem is John Donne's 'The Sun Rising', which really needs no introduction other than to say that on…
Poetry Launch: Life Lines 2
Last night, amongst the hustle and bustle of London's Tottenham Court Road and Soho, the launch of Life Lines 2…
Featured Anthology: Oxford Poets 2007
In a new feature at The Reader Online, we're going to be featuring a recently published poetry anthology, bringing you…
Recommended Reads Round-Up
The Reader magazine has always prided itself on being the magazine to turn to when you don't know what to…
Cheltenham Literature Festival: Leaving the Writers’ Room
Lunchtime on Sunday and I am sitting at one of the small round tables in the Writers' Room having something…
Cheltenham Literature Festival: A Question of Interpretation
Yesterday morning, Nicolette Jones chaired a riveting discussion between authors Blake Morrison and Jonathan Coe about the position of the…
Featured Poem: Ode to the West Wind
Autumn is making its presence felt: the leaves are turning, the nights are drawing in and the temperature is dropping.…
Cheltenham Literature Festival: Conflict and resolution
This is not to say that there have been enraged confrontations and then gracious reconciliations at the festival, rather that…
Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize
Jane Davis is Director of The Reader and seems to have enough energy to run a small town. She writes:…
