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Recommended Reads: Spies, by Michael Frayn
Kate McDonnell is a project worker at Get Into Reading. Spies by Michael Frayn I read Spies twice last year:…
Featured Poem: Frost at Midnight
Coleridge's poem 'Frost at Midnight' was written 210 years ago in early 1798. It is a poem that embodies the…
Blake Morrison on Get Into Reading
In today's Guardian Blake Morrison writes about Jane Davis's Get Into Reading initiative, which aims to promote reading as a…
Words Without Borders January 2008
The January 2008 issue of Words Without Borders, the (free) 'Online Magazine for International Literature' features the seven deadly sins…
Links We Liked for 4 January 2008
As we wind back up to full speed after too many weeks of doing 'naff all' (a technical marketing term…
Recommended Reads: A History of Psychiatry
Jane Davis, director of The Reader Organisation, is kept awake by a book she thought would do the opposite. A…
Reading and Talking: Exploring the experience of taking part in reading groups at Walton Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit
Read the full report Robinson, J. (2008)
Featured Poem: The Franklin’s Tale
On the last day of December our featured poem is a wintry extract from the Franklin's Tale, from Chaucer's Canterbury…
The Editing of Raymond Carver
In its end of year issue The New Yorker is featuring an excellent article about Raymond Carver and his editor…
Waving Farewell to Cranford – The Final Two Episodes
Clare Williams concludes her reflections on the BBC's recent drama serial Cranford. Last Sunday evening we sadly waved goodbye to…
Merry Christmas
I'm sitting here all alone like Bob Cratchit with his flickering candle but it won't be long before I close…
Books of 2007: Musicophilia–Sarah Coley
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007 Oliver Sacks. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain By…
