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The Cosmos and the Whole Shebang
Jane Davis on the beginning and end of the cosmos, on Science Fiction, and Olaf Stapledon. Phil and I discussed…
Get Into Reading Goes to Prison
Coming up over the next week or two we're going to be featuring book recommendations from the Get Into Reading…
Get Into Reading at the START Centre
Last Friday I went along to the START centre in Salford to observe my first Get Into Reading session. I…
English Courses in Liverpool from October
Last week I was at the Continuing Education open day at Liverpool University where I've been planning and organising the…
Reader 31 ‘Relative Time’ Is Here
Issue 31 of The Reader magazine, entitled 'Relative Time' is available now from our shop, where you can also buy back…
Featured Poem: Candour, by Rebecca Goss
This week in our Featured Poem series we welcome back Rebecca Goss, who recommended Amy Lowell's 'Carrefour' for us back…
Jane Davis: In Praise of Liverpool ’08
Is '08 happening in Liverpool? Yes and yes, yes, yes. Taking the train home from London on a Friday night…
Front Row: La Machine
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 this evening between 7-7.45pm to hear Phil Davis, editor of The Reader magazine on Front Row talking…
The Reader Abroad: Wind
In which Chris Routledge, Online Editor of The Reader Organisation, has a problem with wind whilst reading Housman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-1TxvNtXM
Wirral’s Shakespearean Stars
Since 2002, Jane Davis, Director of The Reader Organisation, has had many Get Into Reading group members say, "Wouldn't it…
Review: Major Benjy, by Guy Fraser-Sampson
Major Benjy, by Guy Fraser-Sampson Troubador Publishing Limited, 2008 Review by Siobhan Chapman E. F. Benson (1867-1940) published scores of novels…
Age Banding: a bad idea or just badly handled?
A couple of weeks ago Sam Shipman wrote here about the age banding row in children's book publishing and the…
