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“A Merry Christmas to us all”: Penny Readings 2011
The festive season has officially begun! Last night saw The Reader Organisation once again take over the small concert room…

Featured Poem: To Flush, My Dog by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
We’re continuing to show our appreciation for animals; in particular, those ones that we know best – owing largely to…

The Evening Read-In: A Christmas Carol Part 2
Are you cosy, comfortable, stocked with snacks and biscuits? We sincerely hope so, as now it's time for Part 2…

The Reader 44 is Here
In this issue, Jeanette Winterson talks with Jane Davis about her recently published memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, (Jonathan Cape,…

The Evening Read-In: Reading In is the new going out
The first part of our first Evening Read-In, reading the ever-enduring Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, took place last Thursday…

WordAid – Poems for a Good Cause
WordAid is a collective of published poets working together to raise funds for charity. Their latest project is an anthology…

Featured Poem: Milk for the Cat by Harold Monro
In last week’s Featured Poem, we were set abuzz with high praise and appreciation for the quite small but certainly…

Recommended Reads – Far from the Madding Crowd
This week's Recommended Read comes from Lisa Spurgin, our Communications Assistant, who has been enjoying the masterful Thomas Hardy's breakthrough…

The Evening Read-In: A Christmas Carol Part 1
It's here - the first part of the very first TRO Evening Read-In! If you're quite settled, and have enough…

The Evening Read-In: All About…A Christmas Carol #3
The true-to-life aspects of the story - and how it shows the true spirit of Christmas... A number of aspects…

The Evening Read-In: All About…A Christmas Carol #2
A tale for reading out loud It seems A Christmas Carol is a story that is particularly designed to be…

The Evening Read-In: All About…A Christmas Carol #1
To get ready for the very first Evening Read-In – coming this Thursday, 24th November at 9pm – we’ll be…