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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…
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…
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…
The Reader 65
Our first edition of 2017 and a special Anniversary Issue to mark 20 years of The Reader magazine. Between the…
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…
‘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…
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…
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…
The Reader 63
The weather is turning, the leaves are falling, Autumn is most certainly upon us and with a new season comes…
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…
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…
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…