Category Archives: The Reader Organisation
Poem of the Week
I recently re-discovered today’s poem whilst participating in The Reader Organisation’s Read To Lead Corporate Training at Bibby Line Group earlier this month. The language is a little dated and as such, it probably requires a few readings to make … Continue reading
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Tell Us A Story: The Winners!
I have been pleasantly overwhelmed by the volume of entries for BLG’s first ever creative writing competition. It seems that there are a fair few aspiring novelists and poets across the company! My fellow judge Lee Keating (a colleague at … 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
Poetic miracles
St David’s Day – the feast day of St David, patron saint of Wales – falls every year on 1st March. Gillian Clarke’s poem Miracle On St David’s Day is a poignant testament to the power of poetry. The … Continue reading
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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
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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
Uniting Britain Through Literature
I am often asked what it is that The Reader Organisation actually does. Well in today’s edition of the Liverpool Daily Post, Peter Elson has written a great article about who we are and what we do. It’s called ‘Uniting … Continue reading
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Ella Jolly goes offshore
Later this week, Caroline Swailes (Community Programme Co-ordinator at Bibby Line Group) and I are being helicopter-ed out to the Alba FSU (a storage unit for oil) in the North Sea to facilitate a Get Into Reading group for the … Continue reading
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