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‘You can’t pay for this’ – Patricia’s Story
Patricia is a regular at a special Shared Reading group at her local hospital, for people living with chronic pain.…
Featured Poem: Regret by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks
This week's Featured Poem is Regret by Olivia Ward Bush-Banks, chosen by The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Amanda Boston.…
The Reader marks new Whittard partnership with ‘Tea Masterclass’ fundraiser – join us!
To kick-start its partnership with Liverpool-based charity The Reader, Whittard of Chelsea is hosting a Tea Masterclass and Shared Reading…
The Reader asks the people of Greater Manchester to read aloud with those recovering from addiction on World Mental Health Day
After almost a decade reading in the city’s mental health wards, new groups will help people in the community tackling…
Join a Shared Reading group this Libraries Week as more than 100 give space for reading aloud together
It’s Libraries Week 2019 and so, as ever, we give our huge thanks to the staff and volunteers who keep…
Featured Poem: My Own Heart by Gerard Manley Hopkins
This week's Featured Poem is My Own Heart by Gerard Manley Hopkins, chosen by The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader,…
Get Dazzle Gradually, an anthology celebrating 25 years of National Poetry Day, 3 October 2019
It's 25 years since Forward Arts Foundation first set out to make sure we remember poetry is important - and…
The joy of welcoming Reader Friends to The Reader at Calderstones
"If you ask me, when a house looks like that, it's time to find another one." - Eeyore Winnie the Pooh…
The doors are open – check out some of the best bits from the Mansion Housewarming Weekend
A huge thank you to everyone who came down and visited us over our Housewarming Weekend at The Reader at…
The Reader at Calderstones has been ‘Recalled to Life’ – here’s what we’ll be reading this year
This year, because of the refurbishment and opening of Calderstones Mansion House, our Big Idea is 'Recalled to Life'. To…
Featured Poem: Give thy thoughts no tongue from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
This week's Featured Poem is an extract from Hamlet by William Shakespeare, chosen by The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader,…
New Shared Reading groups launching in Homerton and Clapton, East London
After a decade reading aloud in London, The Reader has arrived in Hackney in a unique Shared Reading collaboration with…
