Reading and mental health
There was an article in the UK Huffington Post recently about the real benefits of... Read More
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Happy Birthday to The Reading Agency
The excellent organisation The Reading Agency is 10 years old. The Reading Agency is a... Read More
Jeanette Winterson on Reading
In her wonderful memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? Jeanette Winterson writes: “Books,... Read More
The key to happy ever after
F.R.Tallis, clinical psychologist and novelist, wrote an extremely interesting article for The Times (6th August... Read More
God bless Reading Groups
“It’s hard to train for freedom in a cage” is just one of the memorable... Read More
more about Prison Reading Groups
We have had an account of one of the Prison Reading Groups, see below, sent... Read More
Prison Reading Groups
We’re delighted to announce that we now give books to Prison Reading Groups through the excellent... Read More
Where the books go…..
Give a Book recently sent books to the Harris Academy, Greenwich. They are going to send... Read More
London reads Oliver Twist
London’s City Reads is Oliver Twist, appropriately enough in this Dickens anniversary year. There are events all over... Read More
How do we keep children reading?
Philip Pullman in The Times 29 Sept 2012 says: “Short of a universal power blackout,... Read More
Bookshops are so not over…..
An interesting article in The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/how-to-plug-a-bookshop-are-independent-retailers-doomed-to-fail-8131310.html Why did nobody think of this before? Just... Read More
Children read less……
Another trenchant research document from the excellent National Literacy Trust reveals that fewer children than... Read More
Happy birthday to The Reader
September marks the 10th birthday of the excellent Reader org and their Get into Reading campaign.... Read More
A Life with Books by Julian Barnes
Julian Barnes has written a wonderful pamphlet exploring, explaining and celebrating a life with books.... Read More