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October’s Monthly Stories and Poems
October is brimming with lots of things to see and do, and so we are turning the month’s selection of…
UK’s only clinical Shared Reading group for patients with chronic pain ‘gives huge boost to wellbeing and enjoyment of life’, says Liverpool pain consultant
In August BBC broadcaster Kirsty Young opened up on Radio 4’s Today programme about her struggle with chronic pain and…
The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf
The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year, this…
Award-winning UK poets Imtiaz Dharker and Liz Berry to read from latest work at Wirral Borough of Culture 2024
Following August’s successful event with author Sarah Hall, award-winning poets Imtiaz Dharker and Liz Berry will be reading from and…
Launching a new weekly Black Joy Shared Reading group in Liverpool this month
We're celebrating joy in black British literature and launching Shared Reading: Black Joy in Liverpool from Monday 14 October. This…
Every child to receive free signed copy of top author Sophy Henn’s brand-new book at Wirral Borough of Culture 2024 schools’ event
Award-winning children's author illustrator Sophy Henn is bringing her “hilarious” new graphic novel to life at an extra special event…
Meet award-nominated children’s author E. L. Norry at The Reader
Come and listen to a reading of extracts from Fablehouse, her 2024 longlisted historical fantasy novel for 8-13-year-olds at The…
Meet The Reader: Staff Spotlight with Tavia Panton
Tavia Panton is our Children and Young Persons Project Lead at The Reader. She is also about to begin leading…
Unwrapping a new Christmas season of events at Caldersones Park for 2024
Public booking is now open for The Reader’s Christmas 2024-5 season of delights. Brunch with Mrs Claus, a wreath making…
Sammi: ‘My head is in a good place considering the pain I am in… I don’t think I’d be where I am today without this Shared Reading group’
Liverpool mum-of-three and carer Sammi, aged 50, has been attending the Shared Reading group at Broadgreen Hospital’s Chronic Pain Clinic…
Helen: ‘I owe my life to that group and Shared Reading.’
The Royal Liverpool Broadgreen University Hospital Trust has commissioned The Reader to deliver a regular Shared Reading group for patients…
Could you read with a looked after child?
“Thank you for helping me read better and for making reading fun and not stupid boring.” Reading Hero, aged 6.…
