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Read of the Week: Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
This week our read comes on recommendation from Fiona, a Reader Leader in our Criminal Justice team. She's chosen Joseph…

Reader Story: A Visitor from the Netherlands
Last month we had the pleasure of welcoming a young visitor from the Netherlands to our Liverpool HQ for a…

Reader Story: A boiled egg – Simple but enormous
A group member turned Reader Leader Volunteer shares her powerful story and tells us what Shared Reading has meant for her. "I…

Read of the Week: Possession by AS Byatt
Our Read of the Week comes recommended by Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Jen who has chosen Possession by our Patron, AS…

Volunteer Reader Leader honoured in Somerset
Volunteer Reader Leader Melanie Devine honoured by Taunton-Deane Mayor in Citizenship Awards. We're delighted to congratulate our Volunteer Reader…

Guest Blog: Poetry and Human Connection
This Mental Health Awareness Week we're delighted to have a guest blog from Jamie Jones: Jamie is a freelance writer…

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 Spark Series: Shakespeare’s As You Like It
Ahead of his one-day literary workshop at Birkenhead Central Library, Tom tells us why he's chosen to explore Shakespeare's As You…

Reader Story: A Way Back to Life
Shared Reading can be a way back to life for many- a group member tells us their story in their own words:…

Lifesavers by Jane Davis
We're embracing 'Throwback Thursday' with a blog first published by our founder and director Dr Jane Davis in September 2013. …

World Book Night in Liverpool ONE
Readers take to the trees for World Book Night in Liverpool ONE! Come along and celebrate great books with us!…

An Update from Shared Reading Knowsley
With changes afoot for Shared Reading Knowsley, Helen has all the latest from the project: “You think your pain…