A part of the Reading Agency
(Photo by Maria Flores) The Reader Organisation is a national charity and social enterprise that has pioneered the movement of shared reading, connecting people with great literature and each other. Here, they tell us more about their weekly shared reading groups which improve wellbeing, extend reading pleasure and encourage social inclusion for individuals of all backgrounds, ages, and abilities: What is shared… more
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Alison Dunne, the Book Doctor at Leicester Libraries, tells us about the Hill of Happiness social read group: The Hill of Happiness Social Read group first started at New Parks Library as an Everybody's Reading Storycafe. It is based on principles of bibliotherapy - or the 'reading cure' - the proposition that reading can heal and has been funded partly by… more
As this year's Man Booker Prize winner is announced - Hilary Mantel for Bring up the Bodies - Warwickshire Super Readers Group, who have been shadowing this year's Prize, have been voting for their own Man Booker winner. Jan Dawson from Warwickshire Libraries tells us whethr they managed to predict this year's winner as they did in 2011: Warwickshire's winner The voting… more
