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The Temple of Serendipity
Brad Bigelow recalls skipping classes to go to the library. Somewhere around my third week in college I looked up…
Links We Liked for December 6, 2007
In a story that should really be tagged 'Gouranga' Inside Higher Ed reports that literary graffitti has been appearing at…
Reader event: The Penny Readings
On the evening of Sunday 9th December, at St George's Hall in Liverpool, The Reader is hosting its fourth annual Penny Readings…
Links We Liked for 16 November 2007
It's been a rough week on writers. First there was Norman Mailer, then Ira Levin. The death of Mailer, as…
Noel Godfrey Chavasse 90th Anniversary
Noel Godfrey Chavasse died of his wounds at Branhoek, Belgium on August 4, 1917, aged 33. The son of Francis…
Reader event: Food for Thought
Members of staff at The Reader Organisation share their experiences about ‘Food for Thought', an event held at the University…
People’s Choice Debate: Victory for Jane Davis
Jane Davis, Director of The Reader Organisation has been victorious in her 'Vote for Books' campaign as part of the…
BBC Free Thinking Festival: A Festival of Ideas
Free Thinking 07, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Merseyside's unique festival of ideas launches in Liverpool this Friday (November…
Links We Liked for October 30, 2007
This week's Links We Liked has the smell of the scriptorium. First up is an amazing post about a robot…
Vote For Books
Jane Davis, Director of The Reader organisation exhorts us to Vote For Books in the Radio 3 People's Choice, part…
Links We Liked for October 16, 2007
Blasphemy Confirmed. January Magazine has posted video evidence of Doris Lessing's stylish reaction to hearing the news, from reporters, that…
Links We Liked for 9 October 2007
While we were deciding what to do about National Poetry Day on The Reader Online I was pointed at…