Shared Reading

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Events
News today from Wirral Libraries that Roger Lyon from BBC Radio Merseyside will be appearing to talk about Robert Tressell's political…

Links We Liked for April 11, 2008
Tony Harrison is one of my favourite poets. His writing is muscular and forceful yet manages also to be moving…

The Rise and Rise of Bibliotherapy
Carly Townsend is a third year English Language and Literature student at the University of Liverpool. The French philosopher Charles…

Local Literary Events
There are some really fantastic literature events coming up over the next few weeks in the North West, including author readings,…

Links We Liked for April 2, 2008.
I've been away staying in a muddy field for a week or so and I spent most of Monday trying…

Reader Event: What Are You Reading?
Tomorrow (Saturday March 15th) heralds the grand re-opening of the Bluecoat arts centre in Liverpool. After a £12.5 million refurbishment…

Links We Liked for 12 March 2008
I've been teaching Nabokov's Lolita this week and came across Zembla, a superb website dedicated to the writer. There has…

Links We Liked for 29 February, 2008
Maybe the sky is falling in. If it isn't it certainly looks as if the landscape for bookish debate--and for…

The Reader Office: Flooded by Tea and the BBC
"Jen! Can you come downstairs and carry some things up to the office for me? I'll be outside in twenty…

Liverpool Reads … Mal Peet: New Website
Bea Colley writes: Exciting news! The Liverpool Reads... Mal Peet website has just gone live. Please take a look: www.liverpoolreads.com

Links We Liked for 9 February 2008
Literary blogs seem to be taking over from the regular book review pages. In terms of the sheer number of…

Liverpool Reads … Mal Peet
Bea Colley, Liverpool Reads coordinator writes: 2008 is the National Year of Reading as well as Liverpool’s year as European…