The Reader is the UK's biggest #SharedReading charity. We read aloud with thousands of adults and children at our home in Calderstones Park and beyond.
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Shared Reading is free, and for everyone. It sparks connection, improves wellbeing and builds community. Our Shared Reading groups take place in a variety of spaces including Calderstones Park.
You can find a Shared Reading group at thereader.org.uk/find-a-grou…
Update to our Spooky Cinema Schedule
Due to the high winds forecast this weekend and prioritising the safety of our customers, staff and volunteers, we’ve had to re-adjust our film schedule for the week ahead.
You can book your tickets at thereader.org.uk/cinema2026.
Join us for babycinos, blankets and beautiful bedtime stories throughout October to December!
The Reader Bookshop, Calderstones Park
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Whether you're looking for a gentle shiver or a crippling horror, our Bookshop team will guide you through the dark and delightful world of spooky fiction.
🗓️29 October, 6.30pm
📍The Reader Bookshop, Calderstones Park
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School's out, spooky's in! Come down to Calderstones for lots of cosy and kooky fun this October half term 👻🎃🪄
📍Calderstones Park, Liverpool
🎟️Book tickets at thereader.org.uk/autumn2026
Swipe to match your autumn aesthetic with one of our Spooky Cinema showings here at Calderstones Park this October ✨
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The Story of One Man, His Drums, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. All you need is... PRE FAB!: The Insider Screening
🗓️Thursday 26 November, 6.30pm
📍The Reader Mansion House, Calderstones Park
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EXTRA DATE ADDED: Saturday 5 December, 10am
Join A Slower Space's, Michelle Waterfield, for a festive morning of floristry and learn how to craft a beautiful seasonal hanging door wreath.
The Reader Mansion House, Calderstones Park
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We are the UK's biggest Shared Reading charity. We read aloud with thousands of adults and children in places like cafes, hospitals and community spaces to connect people and help improve wellbeing.
You can find a Shared Reading group at thereader.org.uk/find-a-grou… 📖
You're invited to the Wedding Open Day at Calderstones Mansion House 🎉
📍Calderstones Mansion House, L18 5JD
📅Sunday 18 October, 11am - 3pm
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Our Bookshelf title picks for October are:
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Skull by Jon Klassen
Read our reflections on these stories at thereader.org.uk/category/li… 📚
One Man, His Drums, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison.
Meet Colin Hall, custodian for John Lennon's childhood home and co-author of this captivating memoir on the early years of Colin Hanton as a member The Quarrymen.
🗓️26 November
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Join us for a relaxed stitching social where you can bring your current project or get started from scratch.
Monday 16 November, 6.30pm
The Reader Bookshop, Calderstones Park
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DON'T MISS OUT! Join us under twinkly lights inside our magical heated tent for a hand-picked selection of Halloween family favourites, cinematic masterpieces and literary adaptations ✨🎥🍿
Book your tickets for Spooky Cinema at thereader.org.uk/cinema2026
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Fantastic to take a break from party conference and head to @thereaderorg Great conversation about the power of shared reading and how it helps us to be human. The need for radical change and story telling in the criminal justice system, how to support young care leavers & more👇🏻
New Shared Reading groups this month 📖
Kollectiv Arts Centre, Folkestone
Saturdays (fortnightly) 2pm
Mere Green Library, Sutton Coldfield
Mondays 11am
Hereford Town Hall
Thursdays 2.30pm
Amnesty Bookshop, Hammersmith
Fridays (fortnightly) 10am
EARLY BIRD TICKETS SELLING FAST!✨🪩🎇
Glow in the Park is a celebration of imagination, community and the magic of light for all the family.
*Early bird sale ends on midnight 4th October.
📍 Calderstones Park
🗓️5 & 6 November
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Transform your workplace leadership and develop through the power of Shared Reading with read to Lead training.
Find out more and book your spaces at thereader.org.uk/train-with-…
Soak up the spooky atmosphere at the ultimate Halloween experience for book lovers. Gather for a candlelit supper with beloved tales of mystery and the supernatural between courses.
31 October, 7pm -9pm
The Reader Mansion House, Calderstones Park
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