Report on the ‘Reading is a right!’ conference in ViverAsk, affirm, exclaimViver, 21 June, twelve-four in the morning. Today, or rather yesterday, summer began. Outside, the white waters have stopped flowing. Or perhaps I have stopped listening to them. Twelve-six, twelve-seven. I feel the rough texture of the ground on the soles of my feet and realise that this is the first time all day that I have been aware of that part of my body. I have hardly walked today; all my effort has been concentrated at the other end: in my head, which has been busy taking in, assimilating, noting down and summarising what has been said here, during the second ‘Reading is a right’ conference. I realise that I only thought about my feet (which I didn't feel) once all day, just before leaving home. I checked the weather forecast before choosing my shoes; it looked like rain. Therefore, closed shoes. At the opposite extreme, my head, or mind, was open. Twelve twenty-four. Writing a report is not…