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The Reader scoops up LCR’s Outstanding Contribution to Culture Award
We’re so proud to have won the Outstanding Contribution to Culture Award at Liverpool City Region’s Culture and Creativity Awards…

Featured Poem: High Waving Heather by Emily Brontë
This week's Featured Poem is 'High Waving Heather' by Emily Bronte, taken from A Nature Poem for Every Day, read…

Shared Reading supports men’s mental health in Sefton
A new weekly Shared Reading group launching at The Reach Men’s Centre in March will provide a vital means of…

Featured Poem: Leisure by W. H. Davies
For a number of years, The Reader ran a Shared Reading group at the John Denmark Unit, which offers special…

Shakespeare’s Globe bring new production of Julius Caesar to The Reader at Calderstones
The Mansion House in Calderstones Park, home of national charity The Reader, will play host to three outdoor performances from…

Featured Poem: The First Days of Spring – The Sky by Taigu Ryokan
Today's Featured Poem is 'The First Days of Spring - The Sky' by Taigu Ryokan, read by The Reader's Mariana…

Give the gift of reading this Mother’s Day
‘I have sailed across a sea of words to ask if you will come away with me.’ -Oliver Jeffers, A…

Featured Poem: George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton
Today's Featured Poem is 'George Moses Horton, Myself' by George Moses Horton, read by The Reader's Teaching and Learning Coordinator,…

The Reader and dot-art Celebrate Anniversary with New Offer for Artists
The Reader and dot-art are marking two years of working together (under the most difficult of circumstances!) with a refreshed…

An Afternoon with Simon Armitage
Last month we were lucky enough to host over 100 guests online for an afternoon of Shared Reading followed by…

Stuart’s Reader Story – “It’s helped me be happy”
Stuart has been attending Shared Reading groups in West London for over 10 years, here he talks about the effects…

February’s Stories and Poem
February may be the shortest month but there’s plenty in our latest selection of Stories and Poems to keep you…