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Featured Anthology: Oxford Poets 2007 – Hilary Menos
Hilary Menos is the second poet we're highlighting in this feature. Previously working as a journalist, Menos now runs an…
27 Links: Links from The Reader 27 on Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese
Josie Billington's biographical essay, A Place to Stand and Love In from issue 27 of The Reader magazine, explores the…
Pitching her case: Jane Davis on Night Waves
In the run-up to this year's BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking festival in Liverpool next month, Jane Davis (Director, The…
Featured Anthology: Oxford Poets 2007 – Grace Ingoldby
The first of our featured poets in the first of our featured anthologies is Grace Ingoldby. A novelist and poet…
So Spirited a Town: Visions and Versions of Liverpool
Nicholas Murray, author of, among other things, biographies of Bruce Chatwin, Franz Kafka, and Mathew Arnold, writes about his book…
Featured Poem: The Sun Rising
Today's featured poem is John Donne's 'The Sun Rising', which really needs no introduction other than to say that on…
Poetry Launch: Life Lines 2
Last night, amongst the hustle and bustle of London's Tottenham Court Road and Soho, the launch of Life Lines 2…
27 Links: Links from Reader 27 on Ian McEwan’s Saturday
Raymond Tallis's article on Ian McEwan's Saturday in issue 27 of The Reader magazine addresses the issue of implausibility in…
Featured Anthology: Oxford Poets 2007
In a new feature at The Reader Online, we're going to be featuring a recently published poetry anthology, bringing you…
Recommended Reads Round-Up
The Reader magazine has always prided itself on being the magazine to turn to when you don't know what to…
The Man Booker 2007: Anne Enright’s The Gathering
As Anne Enright said in an interview shortly after winning the Man Booker Prize for her novel The Gathering, 'The…
Cheltenham Literature Festival: Leaving the Writers’ Room
Lunchtime on Sunday and I am sitting at one of the small round tables in the Writers' Room having something…
