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Merseyside Polonia presents: Lemistry
This World Book Day, Merseyside Polonia presents a thrilling trip into the world of science fiction, including very special guests…

Recommended Reads: Ten Sorry Tales
This week’s Recommended Read comes from our receptionist, Michelle Barrett, who has been relishing in the eccentricities of Mick Jackson’s…

Unbound: Books in your Hands
Unbound is a new type of publishing company which directly involves readers in the creation and eventual publication of an…

Featured Poem: Cadenabbia by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
This week’s Featured Poem comes from one of our Get Into Reading project workers who is currently running a group…

Blogging About Books: Bookfessions
If we all think long and hard enough (some of us might not even have to ponder the matter too…

Readers of The World: Canada
Time for our fortnightly foray into international literature and reading round the world, as we continue to collate our Readers…

Review: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Two reading recommendations for the (non) price of one this week! This one comes very specially from one of the young people…

Patrick Fisher: Storytelling Superstar!
World Book Day is fast approaching and this year they have launched a search to find the UK and Ireland’s best…

Recommended Reads: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
This week’s Recommended Read comes from Caroline Adams, one of our South West Get Into Reading Project Workers, who has…

Lines To Fall In Love With: Part 2
Valentine's Day may be over for another year, but our love affair with literature is something that lasts the whole…

Jeanette Winterson on saving Saint Valentine’s
There is no escaping the date on the calendar, but everyone who is sick of being confronted with oversized helium…

Lines To Fall In Love With: Part 1
We all fall in love at least once in our lives - more than once if we are lucky, and…