All Posts
Philip Pullman on Milton
Kirsty at Other Stories, who also writes for the OUP blog, is getting all excited about a piece by Philip…
Recommended Reads: George MacDonald
Mary Weston manages the Merseycare Reads Project, teaches in Continuing Education, works as a counsellor, runs open house for asylum…
Dedalus Press Petition
Small but highly regarded publisher Dedalus Books learned in December that the Arts Council would not be renewing its £25,000…
Recommended Reads: Spies, by Michael Frayn
Kate McDonnell is a project worker at Get Into Reading. Spies by Michael Frayn I read Spies twice last year:…
Featured Poem: Frost at Midnight
Coleridge's poem 'Frost at Midnight' was written 210 years ago in early 1798. It is a poem that embodies the…
Blake Morrison on Get Into Reading
In today's Guardian Blake Morrison writes about Jane Davis's Get Into Reading initiative, which aims to promote reading as a…
Words Without Borders January 2008
The January 2008 issue of Words Without Borders, the (free) 'Online Magazine for International Literature' features the seven deadly sins…
Links We Liked for 4 January 2008
As we wind back up to full speed after too many weeks of doing 'naff all' (a technical marketing term…
Recommended Reads: A History of Psychiatry
Jane Davis, director of The Reader Organisation, is kept awake by a book she thought would do the opposite. A…
Reading and Talking: Exploring the experience of taking part in reading groups at Walton Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit
Read the full report Robinson, J. (2008)
Featured Poem: The Franklin’s Tale
On the last day of December our featured poem is a wintry extract from the Franklin's Tale, from Chaucer's Canterbury…
The Editing of Raymond Carver
In its end of year issue The New Yorker is featuring an excellent article about Raymond Carver and his editor…