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Richard and Judy Poll Ends on July 31st
Our poll to find a 'classic' novel for the Richard and Judy book club ends on Thursday. If you haven't…
Man Booker Longlist Announced
Earlier today the Man Booker judges announced the longlist for this year's prize. The books to be included in this…
When the books don’t work
In 1985 I bought my first 'Walkman', actually a cheap Sony Walkman lookalike wannabe personal tape player that I could…
The Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children’s Book Award
Frances Lincoln is an award winning publisher and Seven Stories, The Centre for Children's Books, is an innovative cultural centre for…
Featured Poem: Emily Bronte, ‘Stanza’
Think of the Brontës and poetry isn't the first thing that springs to mind. It's more likely to be Charlotte's Jane…
The Reader Abroad, Part 5: The Rectory
In which Phil Davis, editor of The Reader magazine, reads from Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian. Visit the downloads page…
Edge Hill Short Story Competition Update
Back in June Kate McDonnell wrote about The Reader Organisation's involvement in the Edge Hill Short Story Competition. Here's Clare…
Links We Liked, 23 July, 2008: White Whale Edition
Meg Guroff wrote to let me know about her labour of love, powermobydick.com, an online, annotated edition of Herman Melville's…
Open Air Shakespeare Comes To Birkenhead Park
A community performance in Birkenhead Park of A Winter's Tale directed by Neil Caple is being produced by The Reader…
Grevel Lindop’s ‘Hen Felin’
Helen Tookey is a poet, writer, and editor whose book Telling the Fractures was published by Axis projects in May 2008.…
Featured Poem: Hen Felin, by Grevel Lindop
Helen Tookey, whose poem 'At Burscough, Lancashire' from her book Telling the Fractures we featured a few weeks ago, writes to…
The Reader Abroad Part 4: The Idiot
In which Jane Davis, director of The Reader Organisation, reads Dostoevsky.