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Reconnecting with Reading Revolutionaries nationwide
This year we’ve been reconnecting with reading revolutionaries up and down the country. Find your nearest event and get in…
Featured Poem: The Poet by John Keats
Our poem this week comes from a Reader favourite - John Keats. From The Penguin Book of English Romantic Verse, this…
Can we make every day National Poetry Day?
A week on from National Poetry Day, we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped make…
Featured Poem: Say not the Struggle nought Availeth by Arthur Hugh Clough
Our Featured Poem this week comes from Arthur Hugh Clough who declares Say not the Struggle nought Availeth. Born in Liverpool…
Exploring Ozymandias in HMP Whitemoor
In our second Group of the Month, we're shining the spotlight on HMP Whitemoor, where The Reader's Brendan Harrington runs…
Featured Poem: The Common Street by Helen Gray Cone
We begin our week with an ordinary moment made extraordinary by Helen Gray Cone in The Common Street. Born in New York in…
Featured Poem: Sweet Content by Thomas Dekker
The title of our Featured Poem this week may not strike you as familiar but it's likely that you've come…
Roald Dahl Day: What We’re Reading
It's going to be a busy Roald Dahl Day for us here at The Reader as we have quite…
The Reader 70
Have you been enjoying our latest issue of The Reader? If not, why ever not? Look at all the fantastic new…
Pain Relief through Shared Reading
A Californian study has suggested that a trip to an art gallery can provide pain relief. The Reader's Kate McDonnell,…
Featured Poem: Night Thoughts by Edward Young
Our poetic inspiration for the week comes from the archives of The Reader magazine: an extract from Edward Young's Night Thoughts as chosen by…
Shared Reading in a different costume at West London’s Bush Theatre
We're shining a spotlight on Shared Reading groups in communities right across the UK with an exciting new feature called Group of…
