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Philip Pullman on Milton

Kirsty at Other Stories, who also writes for the OUP blog, is getting all excited about a piece by Philip…

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Literature

Recommended Reads: George MacDonald

Mary Weston manages the Merseycare Reads Project, teaches in Continuing Education, works as a counsellor, runs open house for asylum…

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Calderstones

Dedalus Press Petition

Small but highly regarded publisher Dedalus Books learned in December that the Arts Council would not be renewing its £25,000…

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Literature

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:…

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Literature

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Calderstones

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…

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Shared Reading

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…

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Literature

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…

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Research

Reading and Talking: Exploring the experience of taking part in reading groups at Walton Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit

Read the full report Robinson, J. (2008) 

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Literature

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…

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Literature

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…

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