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CALDER STORY: Family Summers at Calderstones Park
With football pitches and tennis courts, the playground, botanical gardens to explore and ducks to be fed at the lake, Calderstones Park has been…
CALDER STORY: Love’s Labour’s Lost in Calderstones Park
Stories are at the heart of our project to create The International Centre for Shared Reading at Calderstones Mansion…
Reader Story: Deborah’s Internship with The Reader
A letter from Deborah, our recently departed Reading Resources Intern, who has shared her experiences with The Reader. Before we…
Reader Story: Louise, Volunteer
Louise, Oswestry My favourite word is 'joy' or 'joyful' - it sums up how I want to live my…
Reader Story: Vicky, Volunteer
Vicky, Cumbria After 20 years as a university English Literature teachers I gave it up for several reasons... stress,…
‘I am becoming the man I should have been’ – Matthew’s Story
I am becoming the man I should have been and Shared Reading is a significant part of enabling me to…
A ‘reawakening’ through reading – Jack’s Story
Our annual AGM is coming up next week, and we're looking forward to celebrating a year of achievements with some…
‘By being in the reading group, I exist as a person’ – Anna’s Story
The Reader's Annual Report 2014/15 will be published later this month, in time to read at our 2015 AGM where…
‘It gives me a sense of worth again’ – A’s Story
At The Reader, we're opening up the wealth of emotional experience contained in great literature to people regardless of which…
Betty has a strong memory of being cut off by the tide and ‘guided’ to shore by a dog
Earlier this week, The Reader we gave a summary of the 'Living Well with Dementia' session at Shared Reading for…
