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The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Helen Cooper's Saving the…
Meet The Reader: Staff Spotlight with Frances
Saturday 30 September is International Podcast Day so this month we got chatting to Frances MacMillan, the Head of Literary…
Jenna’s Reader Story – “I’m valued for who I am”
With Libraries Week UK on the horizon, we spoke with Jenna who attends a Shared Reading group at her local…
Featured Poem: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats
The Featured Poem for September is W.B. Yeats' 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' from the poetry anthology Stressed, Unstressed which…
September’s Stories and Poems
With autumn arriving imminently, September’s Monthly Stories and Poems feel all the more apt as the leaves begin to change.…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Catherine Johnson's Freedom by…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
Our exploration of this year's Reader Bookshelf continues and we've asked another member of our Children & Young People Team to…
Romeo & Juliet in The Garden Theatre – FAQ’s Answered
The countdown is on to The Lord Chamberlain's Men SOLD OUT performance of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. If you were…
Jack’s Reader Story – “I come out of the sessions feeling fulfilled.”
Spider Project Café 71 in Chester is a safe, non clinical community space for anyone struggling to cope in a…
From the Bookshelf: This Same Sky
As part of our ongoing work around The Reader Bookshelf, we've asked staff to share their thoughts about some of the…
Featured Poem: Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson
This month our Featured Poem is Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson, read by The Reader's Reading…
August’s Stories and Poems
We’re going back into the past for our selections this month, with memories of childhood, places and people remembered, and…
