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The Reading Revolution is coming to Hackney – volunteers needed to bring literature to life with local older people
After a decade reading aloud in London, The Reader has arrived in the borough in a unique collaboration with Hackney…

A Masterclass on Shared Reading with Older People – celebrating 74 groups in the South West
25 Reader Leaders from across the South West came together last week for a Masterclass on Reading with Older People…

A thousand more children reading for pleasure in the North West after first year of The Reader’s First Page project
With more than 100 parents and volunteers trained to help improve children's life chances The Reader is celebrating a hugely…

Belfast organiser launches first Shared Reading Space outside England – in a place designed for building a ‘peaceful, tolerant and inclusive society’
Marnie Kennedy tells us about the launch of a new Shared Reading Space in Belfast at the Duncairn Centre Volunteers…

Project Update and FAQs: June 2019
The Reader Mansion House is finally starting to look like a finished building and we can’t wait to offer a…

The Reader needs new volunteers to bring great literature to life with older people in Cheshire
Try Shared Reading and find out more about reading one-to-one at The Great Get Together at Storyhouse on Friday 21 June National…

After almost a decade Shared Reading in Greater Manchester mental health wards, The Reader is rolling out to local communities in Salford
The Reader is looking for people to train to read great literature aloud in their local community – join…

After 20 years building communities through reading aloud together, The Reader marks its next chapter with a new look
National charity The Reader, which has spent more than 20 years bringing people together and books to life, has updated…

The Reader is inviting people to ‘bring a friend’ or ‘make a friend’ in its Shared Reading Community drive in Sefton
After more than a decade reading aloud in Sefton, The Reader collaborates with Sefton Public Health on Mental Health Awareness…

Mental Health Awareness Week: Sefton
The Reader is inviting people to ‘bring a friend’ or ‘make a friend’ this year for Mental Health Awareness week…

Launching The Reader’s first Shared Reading Community Anthology
More than 1,500 Readers took the time to tell us about their Shared Reading experience during Feedback Week 2019 across…

Translating Shared Reading into Portuguese with a visit to Brazil
By Chris Lynn, Learning and Quality Leader Olá Readers! Last month, I represented The Reader at a new social intervention…