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How Books Die
April 23 is UNESCO World Book Day and over at the Kenyon Review Sergei Lobanov-Rostovsky has a gloriously hangdog post…
Blogging: The Truth
I am unable to comment on the similarity between the facility shown in this film and the offices of The…
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Events
News today from Wirral Libraries that Roger Lyon from BBC Radio Merseyside will be appearing to talk about Robert Tressell's political…
Booze and the Book
Some writers claim to be able to write when drunk and a few even claim it helps. I'm not one…
Reading Azar Nafisi in Japan
Kimberley Long is a former volunteer at The Reader who is currently teaching English in Japan. After making my way…
Featured Poem: ‘Lucy Gray’ by William Wordsworth
Wordsworth's poem 'Lucy Gray' (1799) is one of his best known. Reading it recently with my daughter--who is fascinated with…
Links We Liked for April 11, 2008
Tony Harrison is one of my favourite poets. His writing is muscular and forceful yet manages also to be moving…
The Rise and Rise of Bibliotherapy
Carly Townsend is a third year English Language and Literature student at the University of Liverpool. The French philosopher Charles…
Featured poem: Gerard Manley Hopkins
I came across this poem for the first time this weekend whilst flicking through an anthology at my Grandma's house…
Local Literary Events
There are some really fantastic literature events coming up over the next few weeks in the North West, including author readings,…
Links We Liked for April 2, 2008.
I've been away staying in a muddy field for a week or so and I spent most of Monday trying…
Reading and Health–Latest Research
(Above) Someone who may have benefited from reading. Through its Get Into Reading initiative The Reader Organisation has been promoting…
