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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…

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Shared Reading

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Literature

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Literature

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…

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Research

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Calderstones

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:…

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Literature

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. …

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Calderstones

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!…

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Calderstones

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…

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