Welcome to The Reader Podcast. The Reader is a national charity bringing about a Reading Revolution so that everyone can experience and enjoy great literature, which we believe is a tool for helping humans survive and live well. Through our global Shared Reading movement, powered by 1,000 volunteers and many partnerships, we bring thousands of people together every month through weekly Shared Reading groups. Our podcast is for anyone who loves books and believes they can be powerful tools for change, and wants to hear more of the powerful, personal responses that reading can provide. It will feature great guests, conversations and thoughts about books and reading, and show how reading together improves wellbeing, strengthens communities and sparks the change needed in the world. The Reader is a registered charity and we rely on the generous support of individuals and organisations to help us change lives through Shared Reading around the UK. Please visit www.thereader.org.uk to donate and find out how you can get involved with our work. We are grateful for the kind support of our core funders Arts Council England, National Lottery Community Fund, the players of People’s Postcode Lottery and the Steve Morgan Foundation.
Episodes
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Today's poem is 'After the Winter' by Claude McKay. It's read by Nicola Williams from The Reader.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Today's poem is 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost. It's read by Mary Crotty from The Reader.
From 'The Collected Poems' by Robert Frost (Vintage Classics, 2013). Permission requested.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Today's poem is 'A Little More' by Elizabeth Jennings. It's read by Lisa Spurgin from The Reader.
From 'Collected Poems' by Elizabeth Jennings (Carcanet, 2002) Permission requested.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Sunday Dec 10, 2023
Today's poem is 'It Sifts from Leaden Sieves' by Emily Dickinson. It's read by Eve Fineburg.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Today's poem is from 'In Memoriam' by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. It's read by Frances Macmillan from The Reader.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Today's poem is 'A Winter's Tale' by D.H. Lawrence. It's read by Julia Youngman from The Reader.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Thursday Dec 07, 2023
Today's poem is 'Ice Storm' by Robert Hayden. It's read by Jane Davis from The Reader.
From 'Collected Poems' by Robert Hayden (Norton, 2013). Permission requested.
Production by Chris Lynn. Music by Chris Lynn & Frank Johnson.
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Wednesday Dec 06, 2023
Today's poem is 'Frost at Midnight' by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It's read by Sami Wilson from The Reader.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Today's poem is 'Holly' by Seamus Heaney. It's read by Kath Dodd from The Reader.
From New Selected Poems 1967-1997 by Seamus Heaney (Faber,2014). Permission requested.
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Today's poem is 'A Winter's Night' by William Barnes. It's read by Frances Macmillan from The Reader.