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Featured Poem: My Bed is a Boat by Robert Louis Stevenson
You can't attack every Monday with zest and zeal, and this morning's grey skies have us feeling a little sluggish.…
Read of the Week: Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
A Read of the Week from Reader Leader Veronica, who runs Shared Reading groups in criminal justice settings. She's recommended Brighton Rock by Graham…
Featured Poem: Breakfast by Mary Lamb
This week our Featured Poem celebrates the most important meal of the day, Breakfast by British poet Mary Lamb. With schools breaking…
Featured Poem: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
This week we have Patrick, a work experience student with us, and he's kindly shared a favourite poem for our…
Featured Poem: “Oh could I raise the darken’d veil” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
This weeks featured poem comes recommended by David Grant, an intern from The University of Liverpool. This week's poem “Oh…
Featured Poem: Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Our Featured Poem today comes from Gerard Manley Hopkins. Spring and Fall deals with the heavy themes of youth, mortality…
Read of the Week: Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Before he departed, our wonderful Monitoring and Evaluation Intern, Gareth shared a favourite for Read of the Week. Here's his…
Volunteer Week: I cannot imagine anything I would rather do on a Monday
Wrapping up our National Volunteers' Week Reader Stories, Melanie shares her experiences on volunteering as Reader Leader: I moved to…
Volunteer Week: The floodgates opened, I became hugely passionate about reading
Matthew recently shared his experiences of volunteering at the Aesop Arts and Health Conference in London. This is his Reader Story: "After…
Read of the Week: Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes
As a parting gift to us, our Reading Resources Intern Deborah shared a recommended read for our revitalised Read of…
Volunteer Week: There’s been a sea change in my life, I can’t go back to where I was before…
Frank first joined a Shared Reading group in Phoenix House two years ago. He went on to be a group…
Read of the Week: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
In a glorious return to our regular Read of the Week feature, our departing Reading Resources intern Deborah has shared…
