Day 31 of The Reader Podcast’s Festive Literature Calendar

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Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with... more

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Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with... more

Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with... more

Day 14 of The Reader Podcast’s Festive Literature Calendar

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Welcome to our Festive Calendar, a special series of The Reader Podcast. Every day this December we will share with... more

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We hear from Kate, who’s been leading Shared Reading groups in criminal justice settings for seven years.

A conversation with the children’s author Flavia Z. Drago about her love of things that go bump in the night!... more

The Reader Podcast talks to the leader of a Shared Reading group for people living with chronic pain - can... more

What is this thing we call ’Shared Reading’? How does it work? Who is it for? Listen in to experienced... more

Meet the Shared Reading group who have read The Prelude, a long poem by William Wordsworth, together over 300 hours,... more

Listen in to a Shared Reading group discussing a title from The Reader Bookshelf, our annual curated list of literature... more

Travel around the world with poetry and the trees of Calderstones Park in Liverpool

Join us as we read a scene from ’King Lear’ with the Shared Reading group at Shakespeare North Playhouse in... more

Exploring the history of a very special outdoor theatre in Liverpool, at the home of The Reader in Calderstones Park

The Storybarn is a one-of-a-kind reading retreat for children and their grown-ups. Little ones can let their imaginations run wild,... more

Episode 17  - Now We Sit With It  The title of this episode is taken from a new painting created for... more

Today's poem is 'A Song for New Year's Eve' by William Cullen Bryant. It's read by Jemma Guerrier from The... more

Today's poem is 'Ring Out, Wild Bells' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It's read by Chris Lynn from The Reader. Production by... more

Today's poem is 'A January Dandelion' by George Marion McClellan. It's read by Alex McCarten from The Reader. Production by Chris... more

Today's poem is 'The Old Year' by John Clare. It's read by Jamie Barton from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn.... more

Today's poem is 'The Burning of the Leaves' by Laurence Binyon. It's read by Clare Ellis from The Reader.

Today's poem is 'Snow in the Suburbs' by Thomas Hardy. It's read by Sue Highfield from The Reader.

Merry Christmas! Today's poem is 'Winter Stars' by Sara Teasdale. It's read by Sami Wilson from The Reader.

Today's poem is 'Winter Trees' by William Carlos Williams. It's read by George Hawkins from The Reader. From 'The Collected Poems... more

Today's poem is 'Winter Days' by Gareth Owen. It's read by Carole Simms from The Reader. From 'Collected Poems' by Gareth... more

Today's poem is 'The Faint Shadow of the Morning Moon' by Yone Noguchi. It's read by Sophie Envis from The... more

Today's poem is 'The Shortest Day' by Susan Cooper. It's read by Jan Heron from The Reader. 'The Shortest Day' is... more

Today's poem is an extract from 'The Prelude' by William Wordsworth. It's read by Andrew Forster from The Reader. Production by... more

Today's poem is 'Rima 23' by Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. It's read by Jess Alvarez from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn.... more

Today's poem is 'Snow' by Gillian Clarke. It's read by Sean Perry from The Reader. From 'Collected Poems' by Gillian Clarke... more

Today's poem is Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare. It's read by Peter Doran from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn. Music... more

Today's poem is 'Christmas Light' by May Sarton. It's read by Kara Orford from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn. Music... more

Today's poem is 'I Heard a Bird Sing' by Oliver Herford. It's read by Linda Flynn from The Reader. Production by... more

Today's poem is 'A Fallow Deer at the Lonely House' by Thomas Hardy. It's read by Jess Harrison from The... more

Today's poem is 'After the Winter' by Claude McKay. It's read by Nicola Williams from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn.... more

Today's poem is 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost. It's read by Mary Crotty from The... more

Today's poem is 'A Little More' by Elizabeth Jennings. It's read by Lisa Spurgin from The Reader. From 'Collected Poems' by... more

Today's poem is 'It Sifts from Leaden Sieves' by Emily Dickinson. It's read by Eve Fineburg. Production by Chris Lynn. Music... more

Today's poem is from 'In Memoriam' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It's read by Frances Macmillan from The Reader. Production by Chris... more

Today's poem is 'A Winter's Tale' by D.H. Lawrence. It's read by Julia Youngman from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn.... more

Today's poem is 'Ice Storm' by Robert Hayden. It's read by Jane Davis from The Reader. From 'Collected Poems' by Robert... more

Today's poem is 'Frost at Midnight' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It's read by Sami Wilson from The Reader.

Today's poem is 'Holly' by Seamus Heaney. It's read by Kath Dodd from The Reader. From New Selected Poems 1967-1997 by... more

Today's poem is 'A Winter's Night' by William Barnes. It's read by Frances Macmillan from The Reader.

Today's poem is 'After Rain' by Edward Thomas. It's read by Abi Blackburn from The Reader. Production by Chris Lynn. Music... more

Today's poem is 'Bleak Weather' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. It's read by Jen Jarman from The Reader. www.thereader.org.uk

Today's poem is 'Under This Sky' by Zia Hyder translated from Bengali by Bhabani Sengupta and Naomi Shihab Nye. It's... more

The Bromley by Bow Centre in London is a unique community centre, charity and community research project that seeks to... more

On 14th September 2023 Batsford Books will publish an handsome new anthology, A Poem to Read Aloud Every Day of... more

Episode 14 – Heritage and Literature  In this episode, staff from The Reader take us on an audio tour of The... more

Isobel from The Reader meets Neil Griffiths, educational consultant, author and storyteller. Their conversation ranged over Neil’s childhood, growing up... more

This episode will be released on 13th December, which is celebrated by some as St Lucy’s Day, a festival of... more

**This episode contains explicit language (swearing) and discussion of suicide throughout which some listeners may find distressing.**  In this episode we’ll... more