Category: Reading group blogs

Read the original version in Inside Time for our Finding a Good Read column The…

A guest blog from David Kendall. Books are windows on the world. They introduce us…

Some people like the control that reading offers: the freedom to imagine for yourself what characters look like; what the landscapes look and feel like; how fast or slow you want to experience the story.

A regular column to help you find a good read, even if you can’t get to the library yet. Read the original version in Inside Time here.

When lockdown started back in March 2020, we all wondered how to keep the spirit of reading groups alive in prisons while they couldn’t meet in person.

Many of our groups are finding ways to run virtually during lockdown, but we are…

We are always impressed by the ingenuity of the volunteers and librarians who run our…

Our report this week comes from the group at HMP Lincoln “In this classic novel…

Our report this week comes from the group at HMP Send. “Brief discussion of Educated…

A report from one of our reading groups. “This was a popular book with most…

The discussion got quite heated around the idea of utopia – was looking for a better life the same as looking for a utopia or was it just survival…?

A feedback report from one of our reading groups. “A very in-depth and interesting conversation…