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Featured Poem: Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson
This month our Featured Poem is Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson, read by The Reader's Reading…
August’s Stories and Poems
We’re going back into the past for our selections this month, with memories of childhood, places and people remembered, and…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
Our exploration of this year's Reader Bookshelf is well underway and we've asked another member of our Children & Young People Team…
July’s Stories and Poems
Summer can be a time where our routines can change – sometimes due to factors beyond our control, and in…
Linda’s Reader Story – “We’re different types of people and we’re all getting to know each other.”
Linda attends a Shared Reading group in Doncaster. Here she talks about her experiences and what she’s gained from being…
Community based solutions are needed to support the NHS to deal with mental health crisis
Geetha Rabindrakumar, our Director of Partnerships, Communities and Impact reflects on our research on reading habits and mental health and…
Featured Poem: Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost
Our Featured Poem for July is 'Acquainted With the Night' by Robert Frost and read by The Reader's Programme Coordinator,…
Bring the joy of literature to a looked after 2-4 year old
“Thank you for helping me read better and for making reading fun and not stupid boring.” Reading Hero, aged 6.…
New research on what books can do for our mental health during a cost of living crisis
Our new survey of 2,000 people across the UK* reveals: Nearly two-fifths (38%) agree that they can relate to literature…
Shared Reading as hope away from home this #RefugeeWeek
This Refugee Week we’re celebrating how arts and culture can help widen our circles of compassion by sharing a story…
June’s Stories and Poems
June is Pride Month, and to mark the occasion this month’s Monthly Stories and Poems selection feature stories, extracts and…
A Q&A with Belgium-based Het Lezerscollectief
Since 2008, the Shared Reading movement has expanded across the globe as interest in The Reader’s work has grown. Shared…
