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Shared Reading is giving young boys in a California juvenile hall ‘a place to be together’

Kathy sent herself across the world last summer to take up The Reader’s Read to Lead training at our Liverpool…

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Lincolnshire volunteer wins share of £46,000 to train six new Shared Reading group leaders

Thriving Boston Shared Reading community led by dedicated volunteer gets opportunity to build a reading revolution with more volunteers reading…

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The Reader Leader who’s packed her bags and taken Shared Reading to France

  The Reader has trained people to Read to Lead all over the world and already has Shared Reading communities…

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Celebrating Mary Oliver

We're remembering Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Reader favourite Mary Oliver, who died aged 83 last week. Last Thursday we were…

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“What a beautiful revolution” – Jane Davis says at London’s New Year event with Outnumbered actor Claire Skinner

London’s growing Shared Reading Community was treated to two readings from The Reader’s newest patron, Claire Skinner, at its New…

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Outnumbered star Claire Skinner lends her voice to the campaign for reading aloud together

Actor joins The Reader on stage at historic Toynbee Hall to help make the call for a Reading Revolution in…

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Birkenhead will host UK’s first community Shared Reading Space

Home of The Reader’s first Shared Reading group, launched over a decade ago, now hosts the charity’s next innovation for…

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The Reading Revolution comes to Hampshire

Hampshire Cultural Trust is working with The Reader as part of its plans to provide a programme of cultural engagement…

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“Thank you for all you do for reading and for people”: The Penny Readings 2018 in review

The Reader’s Penny Readings, inspired by Charles Dickens’ journeys around the country sharing his work, was a night our literary…

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The Reader’s Christmas Gift Guide

Christmas is coming and if you'd like to give a gift that gives a little something back, look no further…

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A Reader Postcard from Somerset

Earlier this year, we announced the news that there are now over 500 Shared Reading groups running across the UK.…

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Literature

On Active Service: A Lark Above the Trenches 1916 by J.W. Streets

This week we'll be sharing a daily poetry reading from our On Active Service 1914-1918 collection as part of our Armistice commemorations. …

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