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Recommended Reads: The Wycherley Woman
by Steven Powell Ross Macdonald was one of the many pseudonyms of Kenneth Millar, creator of the fictional private detective…
Stories from the City: Contributors Wanted
Kenn Taylor is putting together a one-off magazine of new writing about Liverpool for 2008. It will be called 'Stories…
Recommended Reads: In Celebration of World Book Day 2008
No, the book is not called In Celebration of World Book Day (if there are any aspiring concept novelists out…
Reader Poll: Stealing Books
Now of course it goes without saying that stealing is wrong, illegal, and liable to end in tears, but, you…
Most Stolen Books
We're used to seeing lists of bestsellers, lists of most borrowed, most read by priests who ride motorbikes (ok, I…
Featured Poem: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Lord Byron
"I awoke one morning and found myself famous", said Byron. That morning was 3rd March 1812, the morning that Cantos…
Links We Liked for 29 February, 2008
Maybe the sky is falling in. If it isn't it certainly looks as if the landscape for bookish debate--and for…
The Reader: Issue 29 is on its way
I am sitting here with baited breath hoping that the multiple wrapped packages containing copies of The Reader 29 arrive…
Liverpool Poetry Cafe
The launch of Liverpool Poetry Café – at the Costa café on Bold Street – celebrated City Poems with 15…
Featured Poem: London Snow by Robert Bridges
Selected by Angela Macmillan 'London Snow' by Robert Bridges was much enjoyed by reading groups in care homes for the…
The Reader Office: Flooded by Tea and the BBC
"Jen! Can you come downstairs and carry some things up to the office for me? I'll be outside in twenty…
Stairway to Heaven
Addiction is a big problem for a lot of people. It starts at a vulnerable age with a copy of…
