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The Reader Magazine: Reading As You Like It by William Shakespeare
This Shared Reading response is taken from Issue 73 of The Reader Magazine. For more articles, interviews, stories and poems from…

Discover our Life Lines Reading Packs
If you’re delivering a group online or over the telephone, you might find our Life Lines reading packs a useful…

The Reader Podcast: Episode Three Out Now
The latest episode of our podcast celebrates the launch of The Reader Bookshelf - a constellation of reading matter that…

The Reader Podcast: Episode Two Out Now
When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with…

The Reader extends partnership with National Prison Radio to support wellbeing of residents
Following a successful pilot project in 2020, The Reader is collaborating with prison-based charity, Prison Radio Association, on a series…

Bread and Roses – part four
The Reader is a charity which usually brings people together to listen to stories, extracts and poems in free, weekly…

Get Dazzle Gradually, an anthology celebrating 25 years of National Poetry Day, 3 October 2019
It's 25 years since Forward Arts Foundation first set out to make sure we remember poetry is important - and…

‘Shared Reading builds a bridge for me’ – Melanie’s Story
Melanie is a volunteer Reader Leader for The Reader’s North Wales project, supported by the National Lottery Community Fund, which…

Featured Poem: Proud Songsters by Thomas Hardy
The Reader's Head of Learning and Quality, Clare Ellis, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, Proud Songsters…

Featured Poem: Stanzas by Thomas Hood
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Natalie Kaas Pontoppidan, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, Stanzas by Thomas…

Featured Poem: I So Liked The Spring by Charlotte Mew
The Reader's Learning and Quality Coordinator, Lisa Spurgin, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, I So Liked The…

Featured Poem: Upon His Picture by Thomas Randolph
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Chris Lynn, reflects on this week's Featured Poem, Upon His Picture by Thomas Randolph.…