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The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
Our exploration of this year's Reader Bookshelf is well underway and we've asked another member of our Children & Young…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
Our exploration of this year's Reader Bookshelf is well underway and we've asked another member of our Children & Young…
Sally’s Reader Story – “It was as if the poetry unlocked a part of her that dementia was keeping hidden away”
This Dementia Action Week, Sally, an Occupational Therapy Assistant tells us how Shared Reading has benefited patients she works with…
May’s Stories and Poems
To celebrate the launch of The Reader Bookshelf for 2023-24, May’s Monthly Stories and Poems have been chosen with the theme ‘Weathering…
Help out by building meaningful community connections.
Inspired by the Big Help Out campaign, we're doing a big push to recruit Reader Leader volunteers to bring Shared…
Jobs in hospitality for a bigger social purpose
"I love working with the amazing team and I also really care about the values of The Reader as a…
The Reader Bookshelf 2023/24: Weathering the Storm
The Reader Bookshelf is an annual programme of carefully curated literature to support all of our reading-based work and the…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
As we begin to explore this year's newly released Reader Bookshelf, we've asked members of our Children & Young People…
John’s Reader Story – “It’s good for the soul, and good for the spirit.”
John is a staff member at a probation services setting. Here, he talks to The Reader about witnessing the benefits…
April’s Stories and Poems
In April’s stories and extracts, we discover that what we see on the outside doesn’t always reflect what is happening…
Children’s author, Sally Nicholls, visits the Storybarn
Acclaimed children’s writer, Sally Nicholls, visited the Storybarn yesterday to read from her new picture book The Nose, Toes and Tummy Book. …
Featured Poem: Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare
This week's Featured Poem is Sonnet 55 by William Shakespeare. Sonnet 55 Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes…
