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Back in July we highlighted Poppy Shakespeare by Clare Allan as one of our 'recommended reads' (To read the recommendation…

My day at the festival started with a walk across Cheltenham's Imperial Square in the quiet sunshine of an autumnal…

Just added to the Features Page, an article by Brian Nellist from the very first issue of The Reader, over…

Yesterday, my day at the festival was bridged by two events that could not have provided two more different insights…

So what's it like in the Writers' Room on the first Saturday of the festival? In a word, busy. I…

Life Lines is an audio poetry anthology of some of the best poets writing in the English language today, including…

My first evening at the festival started with a conversation with an older lady who had got up to let…

In the last of our poetry recommendations for this week Reader outreach worker and Reader Online editor Katie Peters chooses…

I have just heard Eric Hobsbawm, amongst the first of the speakers at this year's festival, talking at length about…

In the first of her reports from the Cheltenham Literature Festival Jen Tomkins picks up her press pack and gets…

Marion Leibl has chosen 'Morning Mudslinging' by Erich Fried as our featured poem for today. She writes: 'Sometimes I meet…

The time has come for me to leave The Reader office, pack my bags and head to Cheltenham for this…