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RISE rises in Manchester and Durham
Our RISE (Reading in Secure Environments) project has started in great style - this week saw our final event this…
Professor Philip Davis – Poetry Not Prozac: Depression and the Reading Revolution
The Centre for Research into Reading, Information and Linguistic Systems at the University of Liverpool marked World Mental Health Day…
Featured Poem: Mattresses by Jean Sprackland
Continuing our series of Featured Poems from authors taking part in RISE events, this week we look ahead to our…
Worlds of Wonder: An Olympic Evening with Danny Boyle and Frank Cottrell Boyce
From Charlotte Weber, Liverpool Hope University Reader-in-Residence Pandaemonium, The Great Gatsby, Frankenstein, Jane Austen and Dickens – these were just…
Featured Poem: Woman at a Window by Jackie Kay
The RISE project begins in full force this week, as the Manchester Literature Festival - one of the five RISE…
Poetry Not Prozac: Depression and the Reading Revolution
Poetry Not Prozac: Depression and the Reading Revolution 1pm, 10th October, Hearnshaw Lecture Theatre, Eleanor Rathbone Building University of Liverpool…
World Alzheimer’s Day
From Amir Ali Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s is one of the most common types of Dementia. According to…
Featured Poem: Class Zero by Inua Ellams
This October sees the start of the RISE (Reading in Secure Environments) partnership between The Reader Organisation and five literature…
Featured Poem: Sonnet LXXI by William Shakespeare
This week's Featured Poem has been chosen by Amanda Brown, Criminal Justice Projects Manager, who remembers reading it at school…
Spotlight on Northern Ireland: H’s Story
This is the second in our Spotlight on Northern Ireland series, highlighting The Reader Organisation's varied activity in the area.…
Spotlight on Northern Ireland: Criminal Justice Settings
This is the first in our 'Spotlight on Northern Ireland', a series of reports and stories from Patricia Canning, our…
Glasgow Care Homes Get Into Reading
This afternoon, The Reader Organisation is hosting a showcase event, 'Looking Backwards, Moving Forwards', at the University of Stirling. The…
