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Literature of Depression
In 2005 Monica Janssens was diagnosed with panic disorder and severe depression and admitted to the Priory Hospital. Monica has…
Readers’ Day at Brindley Arts Centre May 17th, 2008
This coming Saturday (17th May),The Reader Organisation working with the award-winning Brindley Arts Centre in Runcorn, presents another of its highly enjoyable…
The Death of Criticism
Jonathan Gottschall has an article in the Boston Globe which supports my view that academic literary criticism has reached a…
Featured Poem: When We Two Parted
Byron's poem 'When We Two Parted' is one of the most famous of all love poems and probably the greatest…
Coming up in The Reader Magazine, Issue 30
Read more about The Reader issue 30 here. Download a free copy of The Reader issue 29 here. By Philip…
Blake Morrison agrees to be Chair of The Reader Organisation Board
Recently, The Reader Organisation has established itself as a company limited by guarantee and is applying for charitable status. This…
Links We Liked for 7th May, 2008 “Shakespeare Edition”
A couple of weeks ago Jen Tomkins wrote a post about 'dumbing down Shakespeare'. It turned out to be one…
Recommended Reads: Double Indemnity
Steven Powell is writing a PhD dissertation on James Ellroy at the University of Liverpool. Double Indemnity is one of…
Brian Turner: Here, Bullet
Review by Chris Routledge Brian Turner's Here, Bullet is a collection of poems about the war in Iraq. It draws…
Featured Poem: from Dr. Faustus
We're stretching the definition of 'poem' a little bit this week to enjoy this famous speech from Christopher Marlowe's The…
‘Dumbing down’ Shakespeare: to be or not to be?
A call from the University's press office at noon on a Friday is not a particularly usual occurrence. 'We're after…
Carrying on with the Book
from A Shropshire Lad, A.E.Housman II. Loveliest of Trees Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along…
