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Featured Poem: Life’s Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar
As part of our series for Black History Month in October, this week's Featured Poem is Life's Tragedy by Paul…
The Reader asks Londoners to get together around great literature to head off loneliness this festive season
After a decade reading aloud across the capital, new Shared Reading groups will help tackle loneliness in West London communities Volunteers read great literature aloud each week – to create time and space for…
Calderstones Park’s ‘1000 year old’ Allerton Oak named England’s Tree of the Year
Nestled deep in Calderstones Park is one of the must-see landmarks of the local area, the Allerton Oak, rumoured to…
Featured Poem: A Hymn to the Evening by Phillis Wheatley
As part of our series for Black History Month in October, this week's Featured Poem is Thoughts on A Hymn…
‘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
As part of our series on Black History Month in October, this week's Featured Poem is Regret by Olivia Ward…
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
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…
