Category Archives: GIR
If you only do one thing this week, come along to a reading group…
According to Monday’s edition of The Guardian newspaper, now is the perfect time to start a book club at work. Take a look here to find out more. The groups running across Bibby Line are a little different from … Continue reading
Filed under Book News, GIR, In The News
Poem of the Week
Earlier this week, I was asked by one Get Into Reading group member why I love poetry. I am unable to provide a satisfactory answer to this question. To me, loving poetry is as unforced and natural as breathing. … Continue reading
Filed under GIR, Poem of the Week, Poetry
Poem of the Week
Today’s Poem of the Week has a Valentine theme as I will not be around next week to post a poem closer to the day itself. I have chosen ‘i carry your heart with me’ by the American poet e.e.cummings. … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, GIR, Poem of the Week, Poetry
Chinese whispers
Bob Holcroft is a regular attendee of the Get Into Reading group in Liverpool Head Office. He is currently on a business trip in China. One of his colleagues there is friends with a Chinese poet, Yu Bing, who has … Continue reading
Filed under GIR, Have Your Say, Poetry
A Christmas Carol
Since the beginning of December, my reading groups in Liverpool, Manchester, Leicester, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Banbury have been reading a selection of Christmassy poems and stories to raise everyone’s festive spirits. One of the most popular texts has been A Christmas … Continue reading
Filed under Audio Books, Christmas, GIR, Have Your Say
(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
Poem of the Week
Today’s Poem of the Week is brought to us by Bob Holcroft, from Bibby Ship Management in Liverpool. Bob writes: “As you know, I am not a “poetry person”, BUT may I suggest this?…it reminds me of the speed … Continue reading
Filed under GIR, Have Your Say, Liverpool Capital of Culture, Poem of the Week, Poetry
Why not Get Into Reading, too?
Every so often, I am lucky enough to receive some truly lovely emails from people working across BLG. Last Tuesday, in response to my question ‘what does the reading group do for you?’, Barbara Lewis (from the BLG office in … Continue reading
Filed under GIR, Have Your Say, Liverpool Capital of Culture
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
Book club? No, it’s a reading group…
Mark Connors, from Bibby Line Group Head Office in Liverpool, is a stalwart member of the Wednesday group in Liverpool. He very kindly writes to share his experiences of Get Into Reading. “I have now been with Bibby Line … Continue reading
Filed under GIR, Have Your Say
