Category Archives: Events
BBC Poetry Season – An Update
Reproduced with kind permission from The Reader Online, written by Mark Till The BBC’s Poetry Season is now fully up and running. Last weekend, BBC Four showed a series of programmes – some old, some new – about Wilfred Owen, … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Events, In The News, Poetry
Poem of the Week
In the spirit of Red Nose Day, today’s poem is (hopefully) a bit of a funny one. Enjoy! ‘Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf’ from Revolting Rhymes As soon as Wolf began to feel That he would … Continue reading
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Happy World Book Day from Bibby Line Group!
Last week I asked what book you are currently reading and which book is your all-time favourite. I had some interesting and varied responses from people working across the company. Feel free to let me know what you’re currently reading! … Continue reading
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Happy World Book Day from The Reader Organisation!
Kindly reproduced from The Reader Online, written by Jen Tomkins. In today’s Guardian, there is an article about the ‘books we only say we’ve read’ – something that all of us, no matter how well read, are guilty of. Today … Continue reading
27th January: Holocaust Memorial Day
First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Social Democrats, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Social Democrat. Then … Continue reading
COSMIC!
Last Wednesday, as part of the Community Programme Awareness Day at Bibby Line Group H.O, a dozen or so employees gathered enthusiastically to await the arrival of Liverpool writer Frank Cottrell Boyce. Whilst we all enjoyed tea, cream-filled scones and … Continue reading
Filed under Events, Have Your Say, Liverpool Capital of Culture
(A previously ambivalent) Ella Jolly encounters royalty
Yesterday, whilst dashing from Banbury train station to Marks and Spencer to buy some delicious treats for BLG reading groups (the cakes alone are a good reason to come to a reading group!), I stumbled across the Queen. … Continue reading
Passing on the poems and other great things
Today, Jen Tomkins, Communications Officer at The Reader Organisation, featured Thomas Hardy’s poem Great Things on The Reader Online. Somewhat serendipitously, I happened to take a look at the website at the exact moment when Hardy’s words seemed magically meant … Continue reading
Poem of the Week
Later this afternoon, Bibby Line Group Head Office in Liverpool hosts the official launch of The Reader Organisation. Founded at the University of Liverpool in 1997, The Reader Organisation became a charitable trust during 2008. Our aim is to bring … Continue reading
Filed under Events, GIR, Poem of the Week, The Reader Organisation
Launching a Reading Revolution
Founded at the University of Liverpool in 1997, The Reader Organisation became a charitable trust during 2008. Our aim is to bring about a Reading Revolution. Why? Because reading matters to everyone. ‘Can’t you stay a bit longer? I … Continue reading
