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The Reader to present at 2017 ISPS International Psychosis Conference

The Reader to bring Shared Reading to delegates at The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis with conference appearance and newly…

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Reading Groups, Communities & Libraries – An exploratory study

Published last month, the study explores the important role reading groups, such as Shared Reading, play in library and community…

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Research

A Winter’s Tale in Another Place

We're on quite a roll with Shakespeare this week so we thought there was no better time to revisit this…

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The Reader 65

Our first edition of 2017 and a special Anniversary Issue to mark 20 years of The Reader magazine. Between the…

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Feeling it: Reading the emotions of others

Discussions on literature and empathy continue to buzz around The Reader HQ following Obama's sentiments on reading for empathy, our…

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‘To use and not simply deny negative material’: Shared Reading in action

This month The Reader features in The Psychologist magazine. CRILS' Philip Davis discusses Literature in performance, psychology in action. "Literature is about the human…

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Children and Young People

On the big screen: A Monster Calls

As Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls hits the big screen on New Year's Day, our patron Frank Cottrell Boyce explores…

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Literature

Recommended Reads: Five Frightful Stories this Halloween

On this Hallowed Eve we thought we'd get into the spooky spirits with a few frightful recommended reads... The Haunting…

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Literature

The Reader 63

The weather is turning, the leaves are falling, Autumn is most certainly upon us and with a new season comes…

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People with lives: Combating chronic pain through Shared Reading

Can you combat chronic pain through Shared Reading? Kate, who runs the chronic pain reading group at Broadgreen Hospital in…

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Literature

Top Five: The Literary Pride of Yorkshire

Happy Yorkshire Day! What better time to celebrate some of the county's finest writers, eh? Many counties in England may compete…

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Redeemable: Erwin James on reading and finding redemption

Ahead of his appearance at the London Penny Readings, we spoke to Erwin James about his new book Redeemable and…

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