Reading for Life: Literature, Emotion, and Community is an innovative new module taught in the Department of English and Film at the University of Exeter, UK. It brings together final year undergraduates in English Literature and members of Exeter’s vibrant University of the Third Age (U3A) community for discussion about reading and the impact of reading upon and across life. It aims to encourage attentive, deep reading, believing that this can be experienced by all, in an infinite array of ways, regardless of formal knowledge. It seeks to model a practice of shared reading across generations that offers the opportunity for enhanced meaning.

This blog hosts the personal reading and module reflections of this diverse study group. We hope you enjoy it!