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New LGBTQIA+ Shared Reading taster sessions announced at Liverpool’s EverymanAn exciting new collaboration between The Reader and Liverpool’s Everyman is confirmed for June 2024 We're so excited to launch...
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Meet the Volunteer: LyndaName : Lynda Carey Location: The Mansion House, Liverpool Role: Volunteer at The Reader’s home in Calderstones...
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Henrik Wig, Sweden: ‘Having Shared Reading at the Psychiatric ward has a huge impact on me. Just seeing what a literary text can do…’Literature teacher Henrik has been running Shared Reading groups across southern Sweden for six years with various children’s groups and at one...
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Celebrating 10 years of Shared Reading in Belfast this Volunteers’ WeekHighlights include a beautiful Shared Reading space, vast library of fiction and poetry, including Irish writing - and a surprise visit...
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Meet the Volunteer: SueName : Sue Location: Wirral, Merseyside Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of...
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Meet the Volunteer: KirtiName: Kirti Location : Croydon Role : Volunteer Reader Leader running a Shared Reading group Why did you...
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Meet the Volunteer: RacksName: Raks Patel Location: Streatham, London Role : Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits...
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Explore ‘secret histories’ of exotic plants and trees at our Calderstones Park HQ with the launch of our new mapThe Reader, The National Lottery Heritage Fund and four cultural identity groups in Liverpool collaborate to create a new park trail and poetry...
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The Reader visits Buckingham PalaceHelen Willows is a GP working both in Shropshire and in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. She is Trustee and experienced Reader Leader...
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Reader Revisited: An Interview with Het Lezerscollectief (The Readers’ Collective)We're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting articles from The Reader Magazine. This article first appeared in issue 73. The...
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May’s Monthly Stories and PoemsMay’s selection of stories, extracts and poems have been chosen on the theme ‘Wonders of the World’. As we start to spend more time outdoors, with...
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Kerstin, North Germany: ‘In all these groups I’ve the privilege to continuously learn’An experienced Reader Leader, Kerstin now runs several Shared Reading Bremen groups since training in Berlin with The Reader in 2017....
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Kate, New Zealand: ‘Shared Reading is a way to unlock the ‘culture of silence’’The former librarian discovered the work of The Reader while studying for a Masters at NZ’s Victoria University. She founded The Reading...
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Reader Revisited: An Interview with Mark Rylance, actor and writer of ‘I Am Shakespeare’We're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting articles from The Reader Magazine. This article first appeared in issue 29. Philip...
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Diane: ‘I love the human side of [Shared Reading], the contact with others’The Somerset resident, who has cerebral palsy, joined a Shared Reading group in Bridgewater Library after giving up work in her late 50s for...
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April’s Monthly Stories and PoemsThe clocks have not long changed to herald the longer hours of daylight, making us consider the passage of time in this month’s Monthly Stories...
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Storyhunters Hunted: Jelly BellyWe're making it our mission to track down all of our wonderful Storyhunters and find out a little more about them. This month, we caught Jelly...
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‘I thought, that’s it, we can make it through this.’ Daphne’s Reader StoryDaphne lives in a sheltered accommodation and before lockdown used to attend the Shared Reading group that meets in the Methodist Church in West...
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Reader Revisited: Reading with Looked-After Children by Grace FrameWe're taking a trip down memory lane and revisiting articles from The Reader Magazine. This article first appeared in issue 76 and was...
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We’re Hiring! Join our Front of House TeamWe're hosting a Recruitment Day at the Mansion House, Calderstones Park on Tuesday 16 April as we look to expand our fantastic social enterprise...
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Daniel’s Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “I don’t think she’s had anyone reading aloud to her in the way that I do it.”Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long love of reading and to...
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Alys’ Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “It took her out of herself.”Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long love of reading and to...
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Abby’s Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “She’s absolutely blossomed… that’s down to being in a secure environment.”Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long love of reading and to...
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Becca’s Reading Heroes Volunteer Story – “I just go in and say, ‘I’m your reading friend.’”Reading Heroes matches volunteers to read with care experienced children and young people in order to spark a life long love of reading and to...
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Storyhunters Hunted: Clumsy the ClownWe're making it our mission to track down all of our wonderful Storyhunters and find out a little more about them. This month, we caught Clumsy...
