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Valentine’s – The Age of Innocence
Valentine's Event- The Age of Innocence Thursday 16th February, 1pm The Lauries Reading Room, The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead Get Into…

Featured Poem: Valentine’s Selection
It's mid-February (yes, already) and the annual point in the calendar when love is all around - if you're not…

Octagon Press: Reader Approved
A little TRO love and shout-out is extended to Octagon Press ; a publisher that has clocked up four decades of cross-cultural…

Recommended Reads: Heart of Darkness
This week’s Recommended Read comes from George Hawkins, our Communications Intern, who has been on a desolate but powerful voyage…

The Book: Truly Revolutionary
Even for the most media-savvy readers amongst us, it can sometimes be hard to keep track of all the latest…

Happy Birthday Mr Dickens!
The big day has arrived - today marks the official bicentenary of one of our greatest ever authors, the incomparable…

Featured Poem: A Father Like Me by Emma McGordon
This week's Featured Poem has been chosen by one of our project workers running Get Into Reading groups within mental…

The Vintage Podcast – Stop What You’re Doing and Listen to This
The Vintage Books January podcast is now available to download, and this edition celebrates the act of reading and specificially…

Readers of the World: Chile
We're off on a trip once more - although there's no need to pack your bags - as we resume…

Recommended Reads: Farewell, My Lovely
Following on from Charlotte, this week’s Recommended Read comes from Dave Cookson, our other Reader In Residence at Liverpool Hope…

Featured Poem: All Nature has a Feeling by John Clare
This week's Featured Poem has been chosen by Wirral project worker Helen Wilson; a very evocative and thought provoking piece…

Recommended Reads: A Fine Balance
This week’s Recommended Read comes from Charlotte Weber, Liverpool Hope University's Reader-In-Residence, who found herself completely immersed in the world of…