Category Archives: Liverpool Capital of Culture
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
Roaming Reader: It’s A Beautiful Day
As my train whooshes into Liverpool Lime Street Train Station on this sparkling sunny day, I realise how much I love the Liverpool skyline. At this hour, the city lies sleeping tranquilly under a vast azure sky. The Anglican Cathedral … Continue reading
Filed under Liverpool Capital of Culture, Poetry, Roaming Reader
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
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
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
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
If You Don’t Read Poetry, You Will After This
Last Thursday, Bob Holcroft and Mark Connors from Head Office in Liverpool and I attended the ‘If You Don’t Read Poetry, You Will After This’ event held at Liverpool’s Bluecoat centre to celebrate National Poetry Day 2008. We listened … Continue reading
Poem of the Week
This week’s poem is brought to us by Louise Willis from CST in Banbury. Louise writes: “This is one of my favourite childhood poems. I memorised it at an age when I wasn’t allowed to use the phone, so … Continue reading
National Poetry Day
Next week, Thursday 9th October, is National Poetry Day (NPD). This year the theme is ‘work’ –housework, school work, manual work, office work – any kind of labour. The National Poetry Day website boasts an array of fantastic suggestions for … Continue reading
