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The Reader’s Christmas Gift Guide

Christmas is coming and if you'd like to give a gift that gives a little something back, look no further…

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Calderstones

A Reader Postcard from Somerset

Earlier this year, we announced the news that there are now over 500 Shared Reading groups running across the UK.…

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Literature

Featured Poem: Patience, Though I Have Not by Sir Thomas Wyatt

The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Tom Young, shares his thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, Patience, Though I Have…

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Literature

On Active Service: The Battalion is Now on Rest by Ivor Gurney

This week we're sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations.  For…

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Literature

On Active Service: The Send-off by Wilfred Owen

  This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice…

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Literature

On Active Service: Lament by WW Gibson

This week we're sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations.  Mary…

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Literature

On Active Service: A Lark Above the Trenches 1916 by J.W. Streets

This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations. …

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Children and Young People

The Scariest Character in Literature?

  Halloween is upon us and we're indulging in some frightful reads with a look back at some of literature's…

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Literature

Featured Poem: The Flower of Mending by Vachel Lindsay

Our Featured Poem this week comes from American poet Vachel Lindsay. The Flower of the Mending was originally published in his…

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Literature

Featured Poem: To my Lord Biron’s tune of — Adieu Phillis by Katherine Philips

This week's Featured Poem comes a little later than usual, so much so it is almost next week's Featured Poem.…

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Calderstones

The International Reading Revolution: Shared Reading in New Zealand

Earlier this month we were delighted to welcome Kate Middleton (no, not that one!) back to our Liverpool HQ. Kate…

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Calderstones

First steps with First Page in the North West

Earlier this year we launched an exciting new project that would significantly improve the life chances of children living across…

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