Free Shared Reading group at St Ann's Library

Read and Connect - SHARED READING GROUP for the Over 50s in Haringey 

Venue:            St Ann’s Library

Cissbury Rd, London N15 5PU

Time:              Tuesdays 2:30pm – 4:00pm

Contact:         Alice Martin

Email:             alice@reachandconnect.net

Tel:                  073 0896 8337

The Reader Leader will read out a section of a great novel, a short story or a poem stopping at certain points to allow the group to talk about what they have read. There is no need for group members to read aloud or speak – it’s fine to just listen. The idea is to create a space where people feel at ease.

Reading the literature aloud in real time means that everyone is involved in a shared, live experience. Group members are encouraged by the Reader Leader to respond personally, sharing feelings, thoughts and memories provoked by the reading.

Everyone experiences the text in their own way, but the literature provides a shared language that can help group members to understand themselves – and others – better.

Shared Reading helps people to understand their individual and collective inner lives, round the same table, at the same time.

You are welcome to arrive early and browse the books available or stay on after the group or some may want to go on to a local café for a coffee/tea together.