The Reader

The Reader
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The Reader Podcast

Through our global Shared Reading movement, powered by 1,000 volunteers and many partnerships, we bring thousands of people together every month through weekly reading aloud groups. We use literature to connect people to themselves and others, develop a shared language for our inner lives, and spark the social and personal change needed in the world.

  1. AUG 30

    What We Know About Shared Reading

    What is this thing we call ’Shared Reading’? How does it work? Who is it for? Listen in to experienced Reader Leaders describe the beautiful, needful thing that is Shared Reading.

    1h 15m

  2. JUL 26

    'What We Have Loved' - The Wordsworth Shared Reading Group

    Meet the Shared Reading group who have read The Prelude, a long poem by William Wordsworth, together over 300 hours, as they speak powerfully about what the experience has meant to them.

    58 min

  3. JUN 28

    The Reader Bookshelf

    Listen in to a Shared Reading group discussing a title from The Reader Bookshelf, our annual curated list of literature for Shared Reading.

    47 min

  4. MAY 28

    Among the Trees of Calderstones Park

    Travel around the world with poetry and the trees of Calderstones Park in Liverpool

    30 min

  5. APR 23

    Shakespeare North Playhouse

    Join us as we read a scene from ’King Lear’ with the Shared Reading group at Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot.

    28 min

  6. MAR 27

    The Garden Theatre

    Exploring the history of a very special outdoor theatre in Liverpool, at the home of The Reader in Calderstones Park

    33 min

  7. MAR 18

    The Reader's Storybarn

    The Storybarn is a one-of-a-kind reading retreat for children and their grown-ups. Little ones can let their imaginations run wild, discovering new stories to share, and taking part in unique experiences, alongside arts and crafts.    In this episode we visit a Tiny Acorns session, a group where parents and carers spend time at The Storybarn with their newborns, picking up handy tips on reading with their little ones and enjoying Shared Reading together. We hear from the parents who attend these groups, as well as the Storybarn staff themselves, who give an insight into how the magic is made.  Visit the Storybarn page on our website  'When Giving is All We Have' by Alberto Rios

    47 min

  8. FEB 29

    Now We Sit With It

    Episode 17  - Now We Sit With It  The title of this episode is taken from a new painting created for permanent display in Calderstones Mansion House by Liverpool-based artist Sumuyya Khader. The artwork responds to new research by a historian and Reader heritage volunteers into links between the Mansion House, its owners and the transatlantic slave economy. In this episode we speak to Robert, one of the volunteer researchers, and to Sumuyya Khader, to hear about the process of uncovering and responding to this research.  This episode has been funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of ‘Making Meaning at Calderstones’ – The Reader’s two-year project to uncover and celebrate the unique stories of our reading home.  More information about ‘Now We Sit With It’  Calderstones links to transatlantic slavery – what we know (The Reader website)  Sumuyya Khader  ‘The White Man’s Guilt’ by James Baldwin in Dark Days (Penguin)

    38 min
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Through our global Shared Reading movement, powered by 1,000 volunteers and many partnerships, we bring thousands of people together every month through weekly reading aloud groups. We use literature to connect people to themselves and others, develop a shared language for our inner lives, and spark the social and personal change needed in the world.

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  • Creator
    The Reader
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    56
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    The Reader

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