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The Reader
16.12.2024
As we hit 60% of our £10,0000 target in the third week of our Christmas Appeal, we speak to Joan.…
11.12.2024
Calderstones Mansion House Community Interest Company (CIC) has strengthened its board of directors with the appointment of three new members…
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10.12.2024
The Reader Bookshelf theme of ‘Wonder’ might make many of us think of the very special kind of wonder which…
04.12.2024
Angela Delea and her mum Barbara Daley have been coming to The Reader’s dementia friendly Shared Reading group in Liverpool’s…
Baby it’s cold outside! Cosy up inside the Grade II listed mansion in Liverpool’s Calderstones Park with some hearty fare,…
The Reader today launches a new film on Giving Tuesday highlighting this year’s Christmas Appeal and the stories of group…
02.12.2024
The Reader Bookshelf is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year, this year’s…
27.11.2024
Retired nurse Delia Cartlidge and husband Stuart, a former aeronautical engineer, have been married for 52 years. Delia became Stuart’s…
As the festive season approaches, the Liverpool-based, national Shared Reading charity is launching an appeal campaign calling for help to…
16.11.2024
‘It has been a wonderful day - great meeting you all! Loved the Shared reading and getting new knowledge. Inspiring…
15.11.2024
Michael Prior is our Partnerships Lead at The Reader. After increased demand in libraries and care homes for Shared Reading,…
As our Criminal Justice People and Project Manager, Kate Bramhall, moves onto pastures new she reflects on her time at…
This month, we are turning our focus to a major part of The Reader’s in Criminal Justice settings. For 15…
13.11.2024
The Reader Bookshelf is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year, this…
02.11.2024
The Reader Bookshelf is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year,…
01.11.2024
As we launch our new and improved Box Office system, bookings will be unavailable between late afternoon on Sunday 3…
24.10.2024
October is brimming with lots of things to see and do, and so we are turning the month’s selection of…
23.10.2024
In August BBC broadcaster Kirsty Young opened up on Radio 4’s Today programme about her struggle with chronic pain and…
17.10.2024
The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year, this…
11.10.2024
Public booking is now open for The Reader’s Christmas 2024-5 season of delights. Brunch with Mrs Claus, a wreath making…
We're celebrating joy in black British literature and launching Shared Reading: Black Joy in Liverpool from Monday 14 October. This…
Award-winning children's author illustrator Sophy Henn is bringing her “hilarious” new graphic novel to life at an extra special event…
Come and listen to a reading of extracts from Fablehouse, her 2024 longlisted historical fantasy novel for 8-13-year-olds at The…
Following August’s successful event with author Sarah Hall, award-winning poets Imtiaz Dharker and Liz Berry will be reading from and…
02.10.2024
Tavia Panton is our Children and Young Persons Project Lead at The Reader. She is also about to begin leading…
25.09.2024
Liverpool mum-of-three and carer Sammi, aged 50, has been attending the Shared Reading group at Broadgreen Hospital’s Chronic Pain Clinic…
24.09.2024
The Royal Liverpool Broadgreen University Hospital Trust has commissioned The Reader to deliver a regular Shared Reading group for patients…
18.09.2024
September’s pick of Monthly Stories and Poems are connected by the theme mixed-up feelings and encounters, reminding us that very rarely…
The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year,…
01.09.2024
Rachel Bourke is part of our Reading Heroes team which supports care experienced children aged 2-15 years to improve their…
23.08.2024
Over the summer, The Reader is running our biggest Shared Reading Awareness campaign in years. See our new video, taking…
22.08.2024
Two years ago a new Shared Reading group was set up for families seeking asylum whose children attend the council’s…
Former charity manager Diana, who is housebound, has been participating in regular weekly online Shared Reading for the last three…
17.08.2024
The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is here. A carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year,…
08.08.2024
Squeezed in between a Subway sandwich store and Chopz dog grooming salon in Liverpool’s Belle Vale Shopping Centre is the…
07.08.2024
The Reader currently runs Shared Reading Groups for asylum seekers and refugees and/or those who have English as an additional…
06.08.2024
Thanks to a grant by Swire Charitable Trust, we are going to be working with 30 care experienced children and…
25.07.2024
Members of one of The Reader’s first Shared Reading groups at Calderstones – originally set up by charity founder Jane…
24.07.2024
We are continuing to take inspiration from The Reader Bookshelf for 2024-25 with the theme for July’s Monthly Stories and…