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We’re Going On a Bear Hunt with The Storybarn!
The Storybarn bring Michael Rosen’s interactive experience Bear Hunt, Chocolate Cake & Bad Things to the heart of Liverpool. Yesterday The Reader’s interactive children’s centre The Storybarn...
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Find a Christmas gift for all at The Reader
There’s no hiding from it anymore, Christmas is coming. But don’t panic, we’ve got bookish gifts all wrapped up! The trees are springing up, mince pies are back on the shelves and delicious food and...
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Story Explorers at Calderstones Park
Here at The Reader HQ in Calderstones we’ve been combining the beauty of the park with the benefits of Shared Reading on our Story Explorers adventures for families. With news last week that Liverpool...
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On the big screen: A Monster Calls
As Patrick Ness’ A Monster Calls hits the big screen on New Year’s Day, our patron Frank Cottrell Boyce explores the interesting story behind the novel. A Monster Calls is now, as they say, a major...
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Reading Resolutions 2017
A fresh start, a new reading list? Our Reader team tells us their reading resolutions for 2017. “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice. And to...
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A Year of Books: Five of the Best from 2016
As Angela McMillan, co-editor of The Reader magazine, turns her attention to her reading list for the year ahead, we ask what she loved in 2016. Before I turn my full attention on another jam-packed...
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Featured Poem: What if you Slept? by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This week we have a wonderful Reader Story from Reader in Residence Laragh behind our Featured Poem, What if you Slept? by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. For two days a week I’m a Reader in Residence in...
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Michael Rosen’s We’re Going on a Bear Hunt experience launches in Liverpool
We went on a bear hunt! And what a beautiful day it was! “We are excited to be part of the event as travel sponsor and will be decking out some of our city centre buses with the iconic Bear Hunt...
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Recommended Reads for World Book Day
Happy World Book Day! We’re celebrating with our favourite reads for children – find out what made our list. Happy World Book Day! We’ve spent the morning reading some of our favourite children’s...
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A Little, Aloud for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and it has us thinking about the literary mums celebrated in our A Little, Aloud anthologies so we thought we’d share our recommended reads for Mother’s Day. As...
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