What's Happening?
For the next few months, we are changing the way we work, in order to bring literature to life in your home, wherever you are. The Reader at Home initiative will bring you wonderful reading materials, Shared Reading online and by phone and more.
Whether you’re a member of one of our groups, a volunteer or a partner organisation, we hope there is something for you. And if you’re new to The Reader, we hope we can inspire you to get involved in the community.
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Live Readings
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Reading Resources
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Shared Reading by Phone
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Volunteer Support
Something for everyone
Our events are for people of all ages and backgrounds. With featured poems every week, and recordings of every Daily Reading, there’s plenty to enjoy.
Keep scrolling for a full list of events and resources
Our Volunteers
It’s more important than ever for all of our volunteers to look after themselves as well as their group members. We’re running online shared reading groups for our volunteers as well as a special programme of monthly support sessions.
We hope you’ll take advantage of our online support. To find out how to get involved, visit the Shared Reading Community Hub. If you don’t have a login, email support@thereader.org.uk.
Partner Organisations
If you’re a charity, prison, NHS body or other organisation who is keen to bring the comfort and escapism of reading to people you support, you may be interested in our new free reading activity packs. We’d love to hear from you.
Please email us at support@thereader.org.uk
Daily Readings
Featured Poem: Friendship by Dinah Maria Craik
What are the qualities that go in to friendship? What do we need in those closest to us? This week…
Featured Poem: A Light Exists in Spring by Emily Dickinson
The theme for this month's Featured Poems is 'Light and Darkness', mirroring this year's Reader Bookshelf. This week, Jess Harrison…
Featured Poem: A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson
This week, The Reader's Rab Ferguson reads 'A Portable Paradise' by Roger Robinson. A Portable Paradise And if I speak…
Featured Poem: The Candle Indoors by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The theme of this year’s bookshelf is Light and Darkness – which I chose with a few colleagues a good…
World Poetry Day – Featured Poem: The Valley Wind by Lu Yün (BSL)
Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic…
Featured Poem: Sonnet 64 by William Shakespeare
Today's Featured Poem is brought to you by The Reader's Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Spurgin. She reads 'Sonnet 64' by William…
Featured Poem: High Waving Heather by Emily Brontë
This week's Featured Poem is 'High Waving Heather' by Emily Bronte, taken from A Nature Poem for Every Day, read…
Featured Poem: Leisure by W. H. Davies
For a number of years, The Reader ran a Shared Reading group at the John Denmark Unit, which offers special…
Featured Poem: The First Days of Spring – The Sky by Taigu Ryokan
Today's Featured Poem is 'The First Days of Spring - The Sky' by Taigu Ryokan, read by The Reader's Mariana…
Featured Poem: George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton
Today's Featured Poem is 'George Moses Horton, Myself' by George Moses Horton, read by The Reader's Teaching and Learning Coordinator,…
Jane Reads
Our Founder, Jane Davis, shares readings and quotes to help nourish and enrich during these testing times.
For any that you might have missed, be sure to catch up on our Youtube channel.
View the complete library hereThe Sunday Reading Challenge
Each week on Sunday we’ll share a poem for all the family and challenge you to learn it off by heart. This week we read ‘The Jumblies’ by Edward Lear.
Have a go yourself and remember to let us know how you get on.
Try it Yourself
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