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Liverpool takes the lead in Early Years reading intervention
Every year, almost 148,000 children leave primary school in England unable to read well – including one third of all…
Dementia Awareness Week 2015: Joan’s Story
It's Dementia Awareness Week (17th-23rd May), and this year's theme is Do Something New, emphasising the fact that dementia needn't…
‘O the mind, mind has mountains’: Ad Hoc Creative EXPO
No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief, More pangs will, schooled at forepangs, wilder wring. Comforter, where,…
Mental Health in Context
*EDIT: This event is now SOLD OUT* Mental Health in Context Tuesday 21st April, 5.30-7.30pm The Women's Organisation, 54 James…
The Reader Organisation’s Review of 2014: Part 2
Yesterday we brought you the first part of our highlights from 2014 - from feeling Better with a Book to…
The Reader Organisation’s Review of 2014: Part 1
2014 is fast drawing to a close, and what a year it's been for us here at The Reader Organisation.…
Prison book ban overturned
Wonderful news was announced at the end of last week as the ban on sending books to prisoners in England…
Bibliotherapy: Therapy through Literature MA module in London
If literature takes life as its subject-matter, what practical relation do books have to the lives of those who read…
More research into the value of shared reading
Following on from two recently published reports by the Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society (CRILS) at the…
The Reader Organisation’s Annual Report 2013/14
Following a successful 2014 AGM last week - our second held at our new HQ, Calderstones Mansion House - The…
Read to Care: Shared Reading groups and Quality of Life benefits for people living with Dementia
"Isn't if funny? We come in with nothing and go out with all these thoughts." - reading group member, living…
Social Business Trust’s Social Impact Report 2014
The Social Business Trust (SBT) has published their latest Social Impact Report, outlining and quantifying the professional support it has…