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King Lear – “Shakespeare’s Greatest Tragedy”
As you know, Calderstones Mansion will soon be opening its Garden Theatre for the first time in 30 years, to…

Volunteers Afternoon Tea
On Wednesday 24th July, many of our excellent volunteers from within the North West gathered together to enjoy a lovely…

Summer at the Mansion House
Summer is well and truly upon us and here at The Reader Organisation we're making the most of it with…

Shakespeare’s Globe Presents King Lear on Tour at Calderstones Mansion House
King Lear - Shakespeare's Globe on Tour Calderstones Mansion House Garden, Calderstones Park, Liverpool L18 3JD 7.30pm, Tuesday 13th…

RISE – Reading in Secure Environments
Since launching in October 2012, the Reading in Secure Environments (RISE) project has collaborated with seven literature festivals across the…

A Little, Aloud for Children at Just So Festival
A Little, Aloud for Children will be going on an adventure this summer to the wild woodlands of Cheshire, where…

Just So Festival 2013
The Reader Organisation at Just So Festival 2013 Saturday 17th August Rode Hall Parkland, Scholar Green, Cheshire The sun is…

Apprentices in Antwerp: Zoe’s Story
The final blog in our Apprentices in Antwerp series, charting the experiences of our TRO Apprentices helping run our recent…

Recommended Reads for Children: From The Willoughby Book Club
As schools across the UK get ready to go on their summer holidays, are you looking for a ton of…

From Better to Best: The Reader Organisation leads reading campaign to make Liverpool the UK’s literate city
The Reader Organisation has been chosen as official partners in Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson’s campaign to transform Liverpool into the…

Reading for Pleasure with The Reader Organisation
There's been quite some focus in the news recently about the wonderful activity of reading for pleasure, and worries about…

Featured Poem: From Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley
This week's Featured Poem celebrates one of the central members of the Romantic movement, Percy Bysshe Shelley, on the anniversary…