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Christmas at Calderstones
The Reader is inviting visitors young and old to gather at its home in Calderstones Park this Christmas as it…
October’s Monthly Stories and Poems
Our Monthly Stories and Poems for October have been chosen to mark Black History Month in the UK, and also…
Cynthia’s Reader Story – ‘It’s given me a new stride in my step’
Volunteer Cynthia leads a Shared Reading group in Kingston Library which is part of an innovative Arts Council England funded…
Children in the care of family members other than parents will discover a love of reading thanks to West Lancashire Freemasons
Children in kinship care - those living in the care of a relative or close family friend – will receive…
Celebrating libraries as a space for Shared Reading and connection this #LibrariesWeek
For Libraries Week 2023, Geetha Rabindrakumar, our Director of Partnerships, Communities and Impact shares how our work in libraries supports…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Helen Cooper's Saving the…
Meet The Reader: Staff Spotlight with Frances
Saturday 30 September is International Podcast Day so this month we got chatting to Frances MacMillan, the Head of Literary…
Jenna’s Reader Story – “I’m valued for who I am”
With Libraries Week UK on the horizon, we spoke with Jenna who attends a Shared Reading group at her local…
Featured Poem: The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats
The Featured Poem for September is W.B. Yeats' 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree' from the poetry anthology Stressed, Unstressed which…
September’s Stories and Poems
With autumn arriving imminently, September’s Monthly Stories and Poems feel all the more apt as the leaves begin to change.…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
We're continuing to delve into the Children and Young People's Reader Bookshelf with a review of Catherine Johnson's Freedom by…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
Our exploration of this year's Reader Bookshelf continues and we've asked another member of our Children & Young People Team to…