News and Updates

"This group has become the highlight of my week and I clear my calendar to ensure I can make the…

In preparation for RISE (Reading in Secure Enviorniments -  a collaboration with seven national literary festivals to bring contemporary writers…

Derek first attended a Shared Reading group in Outlook South West, a psychological therapy service in Cornwall, and now comes to a…

Funded by Big Lottery Fund and Liverpool CCG, 2009 - 2015 The Reader provided a full-time Reader-in-Residence based at Toxteth Library…

"If you told me this time last year “you’ll be reading poems and enjoying it” I would have said “stop…

Anne is a volunteer on the Barnet project, she has told her Reader Story in her own words: The Shared…

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

This week's Read comes recommended by Charlotte, Training and Support Lead for our Shared Reading North West Volunteers. She's chosen…

Today's Reader Story comes from one of our Big Lottery Merseyside Volunteers who found the skills gained through volunteering also…

  Especially for Volunteer's Week, our Featured Poem comes from our Volunteer anthology Poets Don't Lie. William Blake's The Tyger has been chosen by…

The second in our series of Reader Stories for Volunteers' Week comes from John who first found Shared Reading while recovering…

We kick start Volunteers' Week with a powerful Reader Story from one of our volunteer Reader Leaders. Today marks the…