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Places to Go: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. In this week's audio adventure we're travelling the land of Jane…
My Inner Anthology: On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
In this feature we're thinking about which bits of literature – whether that be in the form of poems, novels,…
Live Stream: September, 1918 by Amy Lowell
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. PIPES Reader Leader, Sally, reads the poem September, 1918 by…
Award nomination for hospital trust’s innovative Shared Reading programme
Shared Reading delivers incredible connections and powerful moments for patients in Warrington and Halton Warrington and Halton Hospitals (WHH) NHS Trust has been shortlisted for a…
Featured Poem: How Clear, How Lovely Bright by A.E. Housman
This week in our special series of Featured Poems, Learning and Quality Coordinator at The Reader, Lisa Spurgin looks at…
Lines by Heart: Autumn by John Clare
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. For this week's Lines by Heart challenge, Learning and Quality…
Places to Go: Villette by Charlotte Bronte
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. In this week's audio adventure we're travelling the land of…
My Inner Anthology: Lila by Marilynne Robinson
In this feature we're thinking about which bits of literature – whether that be in the form of poems, novels,…
Peter’s Reader Story – ‘It has become my one opening to the world’
Before the pandemic, Peter had been attending a Shared Reading group in his local library in Liverpool for two years. Here, he talks to us about what Shared…
Shared Reading in lockdown: changing and building
Over the past few months Shared Reading has taken on a new form, with groups that usually happen in-person moving…
September’s Stories and Poems
September’s selection of stories and poems have been chosen by Clare Ellis, Head of Learning and Quality, and Lisa Spurgin,…
Live Stream: The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton
The theme for our #DailyReadings in September is beginnings and endings. Learning and Quality Coordinator, Lisa Spurgin, reads an extract from…
