Give the gift of reading this Mother’s Day
‘I have sailed across a sea of words to ask if you will come away with me.’
-Oliver Jeffers, A Child of Books

With a range of great benefits including discounts in The Reader Bookshop, Café and Ice Cream Parlour, priority booking for selected Reader events, and regular updates on the impact of your support, a Reader Friends membership is the perfect gift for the book lover in your life that makes a difference and lasts all year.
And if that wasn’t enough, order a Reader Friends gift membership before 22 March in person or online and you’ll receive:
- A Reader tote bag in a new bright colour
- A personalised, handwritten card
- A book from our Walking the Earth Bookshelf.
Choose from:
- The Salt Path – Raynor Winn
- Gilead – Marilynne Robinson
- The Living Mountain – Nan Shepherd
- Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
- My Antonia – Willa Cather
- Go Tell it on the Mountain – James Baldwin
- A Portable Paradise – Roger Robinson
All new Friends members also receive:
- The Reader’s A Little Aloud anthology
- 15% Discount on books in The Reader Bookshop
- 20% Discount in the Café and Ice Cream Parlour
- Priority booking for selected events
- Regular email updates
- Friends+ members also receive an annual subscription to The Reader magazine
Reader Friends Membership £48Reader Friends + Membership £60 (inc. The Reader magazine subscription)
All gifts will be posted in time for Mother’s Day on Sunday 27 March. Visit www.thereader.org.uk/Friends for online purchase or talk to us on friends@thereader.org.uk