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Reading and Readers Through the Ages
In celebrity and not-so-celebrity interviews in Sunday newspapers one of the most common questions is a variation on "what books…
Continung Education: Journey to the Centre of the Book
Amanda Boston writes to remind us of her Continuing Education course 'Journey to the Centre of the Book' which will…
Links We Liked for 21 September 2007
Here are some of our favourite articles and links from across the web in the last week or two: A…
Paul Muldoon: New Yorker Poetry Editor
The New York Times reports that the New Yorker magazine has appointed Irish poet Paul Muldoon as its poetry editor.…
Cold Pastoral: The Security of Nouns
An item on the radio this morning was discussing the security situation in Iraq and describing the ferocity and ruthlessness…
Reader Editor Guest Blogging
In the run-up to the publication of his book on Bernard Malamud Reader editor Philip Davis has been blogging for…
Sylvia Plath Reads ‘Daddy’
This astonishing short film in which Sylvia Plath reads her poem 'Daddy' comes as quite a surprise. Not only does…
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2007
The Reader is going to this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival to bring you news from the festival direct to this…
Online Writing Course: Season of Inspiration
Helen Whitehead writes to tell us about an online writing course that she is running with fellow tutor Sharon Rundle.…
Sefton Festival of Literature 2007
Running from Wednesday, 19th September until Sunday, 30th September, Sefton Festival for Literature 2007 has a programme appealing to anyone…
The Literary Feedback Loop
There's a lot of discussion in American book circles these days about the declining coverage of books in major newspapers,…
Review of Heaney’s Beowulf Now In Features
Back in 2000, when the world was young, Sarah Coley wrote an excellent review of Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf…