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Books of 2007: A Christmas Carol–Susan O’Connor
Friends of The Reader write about their books of the year. I have just read Molesworth’s opinion on the great…

Books of 2007: The Kite Runner
Friends of The Reader recommend their books of 2007. By Wendy Kay My book of 2007 is The Kite Runner…

Books of 2007: Literature and Theology–John Scrivener
Friends of The Reader recommend their books of 2007. By John Scrivener The new book (new to me anyhow) I…

Small Presses, Big Ideas
This afternoon The Reader editor Philip Davis featured on BBC Radio 4's show about small presses, 'Small Presses, Big Ideas'.…

Books of 2007: Hotel World–Clare Williams
By Clare Williams My favourite book of the year has to be Ali Smith’s Hotel World (Hamish Hamilton, 2001). As…

Recommended Poem: In The Bleak Midwinter
By Siobhan Chapman I walked down Bold Street in Liverpool late in the afternoon one day last week, passing the…

Books of 2007: Janet’s Repentance–Katie Peters
Friends of The Reader choose their books of 2007. by Katie Peters My favourite read of 2007 is, without a…

Books of 2007: from the audience of the Penny Readings
Friends of The Reader have been writing about their books of 2007. Here, we have attendees of The Reader's Penny…

Books of 2007: The Custom of the Country
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Angela Macmillan I thought that choosing my best book…

Reader event: Penny Readings
Penny Readings St. George's Hall, Liverpool December 9th, 2007 By Chris High In the annual Penny Readings, now in its…

Books of 2007: Beer, Philosophy, Crime–Chris Routledge
Friends of The Reader write about their books of 2007. By Chris Routledge My reading tends to be dominated by…

The Temple of Serendipity
Brad Bigelow recalls skipping classes to go to the library. Somewhere around my third week in college I looked up…