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The Reader: Issue 29 is on its way
I am sitting here with baited breath hoping that the multiple wrapped packages containing copies of The Reader 29 arrive…
The Reader Office: Flooded by Tea and the BBC
"Jen! Can you come downstairs and carry some things up to the office for me? I'll be outside in twenty…
Liverpool Reads … Mal Peet
Bea Colley, Liverpool Reads coordinator writes: 2008 is the National Year of Reading as well as Liverpool’s year as European…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – Helen Dunmore
The final sections of the Earth Shattering, 'Forces of Nature' and 'Natural Disasters', combine poems that show the effects of…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – Frances Horovitz
Today's Earth Shattering poem comes from the section 'The Great Web', which takes its title from Denise Levertov's Web (included in…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – D. H. Lawrence
The third poem to feature from Earth Shattering is Snake by D. H. Lawrence. From the fifth section of our…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – W. S. Merwin
Sections three and four of Earth Shattering, 'Killing the Wildlife' and 'Unbalance of Nature', bring together poems within those specific…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering – Wordsworth
Earth Shattering begins with sections entitled 'Rooted in Nature' and 'Changing the Landscape', which present us with the wilderness poetry…
Featured Anthology: Earth Shattering
We have reached 2008 and the ecological and environmental issues pressing upon us are more prevalent than ever. Don't worry,…
Waving Farewell to Cranford – The Final Two Episodes
Clare Williams concludes her reflections on the BBC's recent drama serial Cranford. Last Sunday evening we sadly waved goodbye to…
Small Presses, Big Ideas
This afternoon The Reader editor Philip Davis featured on BBC Radio 4's show about small presses, 'Small Presses, Big Ideas'.…
Reader event: Penny Readings
Penny Readings St. George's Hall, Liverpool December 9th, 2007 By Chris High In the annual Penny Readings, now in its…
