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Featured Poem: Lines by Thomas Hood
Our Featured Poem for February is 'Lines' by Thomas Hood, selected and read by Frances. Lines by Thomas Hood Let…
Meet Jeff the Chef
Jeff Gardner is Executive Chef at The Reader and creates the delicious menus for the Cafe, Garden Parties and private…
‘I Want My Hat Back’ The Storybarn reads along with BSL
We love welcoming new friends to our magical children’s play space the Storybarn in Calderstones Park for Birthday Parties and…
February’s Stories and Poems
February’s selection of stories, extracts and poems have been chosen on the theme of ‘Making connections’. We spend so much…
“It’s been a huge part of my recovery.” – A Reader Story from Damien John Kelly House
In September 2021, a group of men from Damien John Kelly House – an abstinence-based recovery living centre for adult…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Joseph Coelho's 25 Poems of Power…
“It’s completely accessible to everybody” – Reader Stories from Bradbury Fields
Bradbury Fields is a charity in Liverpool which works with blind and partially sighted people, and The Reader deliver a…
From the Bookshelf: A Year With Rilke
Our 'From the Bookshelf' piece for January explores the collection A Year With Rilke, and was written by Lisa Spurgin.…
Storyhunters Hunted: Fairy Liquid
We're making it our mission to track down all of our wonderful Storyhunters and find out a little more about…
Featured Poem: Love by George Herbert
The Featured Poem for January is Love by George Herbert and is from the anthology Stressed, Unstressed and is read by…
January’s Monthly Stories and Poems
Settling into a new year can often come with lots of feelings and emotions – excitement about new opportunities, along…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Little…
