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Mace and Jones Short Story Competition
Leading Merseyside law firm, Mace & Jones, is launching a short story competition to coincide with Liverpool’s year as European Capital of…
Britten’s War Requiem
Sixty years ago, Liverpool and Cologne were on opposing sides of a terrible war. Today in an act of reconciliation,…
The Reader Abroad Part 2: Equipment
In which Phil Davis, editor of The Reader magazine, reads from Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian.
Children’s Storytelling on Sundays
From this Sunday - that's Sunday 6th July - until Sunday 31st August, The Reader Organisation, in association with the Bluecoat's…
Features: Reading Groups–The Crucial Factor
Just posted to the Features Pages an essay by Angela Macmillan entitled 'Reading Groups: The Crucial Factor.' Here's an extract:…
Recommended Reading
In Reader no. 30, we printed a letter from Maria Tierney in which she told us about the reading group…
Featured Poem: ‘At Burscough, Lancashire’
Helen Tookey is a Liverpool-based writer and editor. Her collection of poetry, Telling the Fractures, a collaboration with photographer Alan…
Kitchen Table Lingo
You're not going to get far just thingying your wotsit, madam, and, sir, I'm afraid the door policy means your…
The Reader Abroad Part 1: The Summer Residence
In the first of series of short films for summer, Jane and Phil Davis welcome us to The Reader's summer…
New Reader-in-Residence Sets Sail
The Reader Organisation's 'Reading Revolution' is in full force: we have just assigned a Reader-in-Residence to Bibby Line Group, one of one…
Recommended Reads: The Poetry of Edward Thomas
Sue Garner-Jones did her post-graduate research at the University of Liverpool where she now teaches English in the Continuing Education…
Featured Poem: Amy Lowell, ‘Carrefour’
This week's poem is selected by poet Rebecca Goss. The word 'carrefour' means crossroads, a heady, allegorical title, but we have…
