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Richard and Judy Poll: We Have a Winner
Over the last month or so we've been conducting a poll to select the 'classic' novel that we would like…
The Reader Abroad, Part 5: The Rectory
In which Phil Davis, editor of The Reader magazine, reads from Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian. Visit the downloads page…
Britten’s War Requiem
Sixty years ago, Liverpool and Cologne were on opposing sides of a terrible war. Today in an act of reconciliation,…
The Reader Abroad Part 2: Equipment
In which Phil Davis, editor of The Reader magazine, reads from Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian.
Features: Reading Groups–The Crucial Factor
Just posted to the Features Pages an essay by Angela Macmillan entitled 'Reading Groups: The Crucial Factor.' Here's an extract:…
Recommended Reading
In Reader no. 30, we printed a letter from Maria Tierney in which she told us about the reading group…
Review: Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem
Chris Pak was born and grew up in Hong Kong and is currently completing an MA in Science Fiction Studies…
The Reader, Issue 30, “I live and write” now available
Readers will recognise more than a few names on the contents page in The Reader No. 30. By coincidence, they…
Imagine… Doris Lessing
Last night, BBC 1 broadcast a tribute programme about Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature. Presented…
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle–Happy Birthday
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on May 22nd, 1859 and it's been a big week for him. A copy…
Brian Turner: Here, Bullet
Review by Chris Routledge Brian Turner's Here, Bullet is a collection of poems about the war in Iraq. It draws…
Featured Poem: The Prelude, William Wordsworth
by Sarah Coley, The Reader magazine's deputy editor. If you want the company of a great soul, read The Prelude…
