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Recycling Johnson – A Royal Day Out
As they travel from Sconser to Kingsburgh, via Portree, today, Phil and Sheena will be following in the footsteps, not…
Recycling Johnson – Onwards and Upwards
Compared with the 91 miles Phil and Sheena have already notched up on their Scottish cycle, today’s meagre distance of…
The Reader Magazine #42 Coming Soon
The 42nd issue of The Reader will be published soon featuring plenty of interesting pieces of fiction, poetry and articles.…
Recycling Johnson – Day Two
Having already covered 49 miles in their first 24 hours, day two of Recycling Johnson will see Phil and Sheena…
Michael Morpurgo Calls for Passion in Getting Children to Read
One of the nation's most popular children's authors, Michael Morpurgo, wrote a column in the London Evening Standard on Friday,…
Recycling Johnson…
...And they’re off! Today marks the beginning of Phil and Sheena Davies’s mammoth cycle around the Highlands and Islands of…
Orange Prize for Fiction 2011: Liverpool Readers’ Night at The Bluecoat
The 2011 winner of one of Britain’s most prestigious literary awards, the Orange Prize for Fiction, will be announced on…
Featured Poem: The Kraken by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Remaining in the water just a little while longer – this shall be our last aquatic adventure, for a little…
Hay Festival
Published on behalf of Anna Fleming, Young Person's Project Worker This weekend, Sophie, Sam, Eleanor and Anna ventured down to…
Fact of the Week #3
The Guardian recently documented the lack of reading our celebrities indulge in. Victoria Beckham was alleged to have claimed to…
Prof Maryanne Wolf at The Reader Organisation’s Conference
In the first of a series of short videos from our Reading for Wellbeing Conference on 17th May, here are…
Quiz Night at Linghams Booksellers
Wednesday 22nd June, 19.30 – 21.30 Are you a bit of a bookworm? Want to test your literary expertise? Well,…
