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Meet Shauna, a member of The Reader’s Café team
Shauna, initially came to work at The Reader through WorkFit, the Down's Syndrome Association's employment programme. This tailored service is dedicated to training employers about the learning…
October’s Monthly Stories & Poems
October is of course associated with all manner of ghosts, goblins and things that go bump in the night. We’ve…
Meet Front of House And Café Team Leader, Zainab
College student and Front of House Team Leader Zainab, 22, has been an employee at The Reader Cafe for four…
The Reader Cinema FAQ’s
If you were able to snap up tickets to our cinema programme, check below for any queries you might have…
‘When Katie reads a poem I look up the Persian meaning and learn new English words, which makes me very happy’
The Reader works closely in collaboration with Our Liverpool’s ‘stop-gap’ education classes for children of sanctuary seeking families. The charity runs an ESOL Shared Reading group for parents and adult guardians whose first language is not…
Suvi: ‘We’ve had really deep conversations about what it entails to leave your home and then grow new roots in a new land’
Suvi Dogra has been involved with The Reader for the past decade as a volunteer, group member or staff member.…
Nataliia: ‘The Skelmersdale Shared Reading group has become like family to me’
Former recruitment manager Nataliia, relocated to the UK from war-torn Ukraine in January 2023. Her home city of Polohy in…
Jane: ‘Shared Reading with asylum seekers is a weekly reminder of our lucky chance of being born in a safe country’
Retired teacher Jane has been leading a highly successful ESOL Shared Reading group for speakers of other languages in Skelmersdale,…
The Reader unveils a new season of events for Christmas 2025 in Calderstones Park
A new family-friendly festive trail through Liverpool’s iconic park is back as part of The Reader’s Christmas programme with a…
Kelly: ‘I have learnt so much about British culture from what we read’
The mum-of-two who moved from China to Liverpool 15 years ago joined a Shared Reading group in Halewood Library in…
Liverpool’s biggest open-air (and under cover) cinema returns for Halloween
NEW FOR 2025: Nine handpicked films will hit the big screen under a giant canopy at Calderstones Park this October…
Celebrating 10 years of The Storybarn with an even bigger end of summer family festival
The UK’s biggest Shared Reading charity will be marking the end of the summer holidays and a major birthday milestone…
