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Find ‘Time for Me’ in North Liverpool
Do your New Years Resolutions include reading more? Want to meet new people? Or perhaps just find some time to…
Featured Poem: The Second Coming by WB Yeats
This week we look at WB Yeats' The Second Coming which, written in a time of turbulence and political change…
A Year of Books: Five of the Best from 2016
As Angela McMillan, co-editor of The Reader magazine, turns her attention to her reading list for the year ahead, we ask…
Reading Resolutions 2017
A fresh start, a new reading list? Our Reader team tells us their reading resolutions for 2017. "For last year's…
Featured Poem: Infant Joy by William Blake
Happy New Year to all our Readers! Let's kick start 2017 with a short but sweet verse from William Blake, Infant…
On the big screen: A Monster Calls
As Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls hits the big screen on New Year's Day, our patron Frank Cottrell Boyce explores…
Story Explorers at Calderstones Park
Here at The Reader HQ in Calderstones we've been combining the beauty of the park with the benefits of Shared Reading on…
The Reader 64
Winter's chill may not have the same bite as we might have expected but there's plenty to chew on in…
Featured Poem: Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale
In the midst of the Christmas fuss allow our Featured Poem to give you five minutes peace, with Christmas Carol by Sara…
Featured Poem: The Oxen by Thomas Hardy
This week's Featured Poem has a suitably festive feel, The Oxen by Thomas Hardy. As Christmas Eve approaches we couldn't…
Read of the Week: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
This week we're delving into Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout which recommended by Alex Joynes who shall sadly be signing off as…
Featured Poem: The world is too much with us by William Wordsworth
Our poem this week comes from William Wordsworth and could describe the general attitude to Mondays: The world is too…
