diff --git a/actions/context.go b/actions/context.go
index d6989be..e717caa 100644
--- a/actions/context.go
+++ b/actions/context.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 type Context interface {
 	Persistence() persistence.Provider
 	Migrations() map[string]persistence.Migration
+	Version() string
 }
 
 type Action interface {
diff --git a/actions/migrate.go b/actions/migrate.go
index f013956..0c998d2 100644
--- a/actions/migrate.go
+++ b/actions/migrate.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package actions
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 // Migrate implements Action interface
@@ -12,22 +15,22 @@ func (a Migrate) Run(c Context) error {
 	persistenceProvider := c.Persistence()
 	migrationSession, err := persistenceProvider.MigrationSession()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Obtaining session failed")
 	}
 	for name, m := range c.Migrations() {
 		shouldRun, err := migrationSession.ShouldRunMigration(name)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("Checking if should run migration %s failed", name))
 		}
 		if shouldRun {
 			log.Println("Executing ", name)
 			err = m.Run(migrationSession)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("Running migration %s failed", name))
 			}
 			err = migrationSession.DidRunMigration(name)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("Running after-migration hook for %s failed", name))
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/actions/read_event.go b/actions/read_event.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..487f25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/read_event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package actions
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type ReadEvent struct {
+	Stream string
+	Cursor string
+	Amount int
+}
+
+const minTimeuuid = "00000000-0000-1000-8080-808080808080"
+
+func (re ReadEvent) Run(c Context) error {
+	persistenceProvider := c.Persistence()
+	session, err := persistenceProvider.Session()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Obtaining session failed")
+	}
+	if len(re.Cursor) == 0 {
+		re.Cursor = minTimeuuid
+	}
+	events, err := session.ReadEvents(re.Stream, re.Cursor, re.Amount)
+	for _, ev := range events {
+		js := string(ev.Blob)
+		fmt.Printf("%s - %s: {%v} %s\n", ev.Stream, ev.ID, ev.Meta, js)
+	}
+	return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("Error reading event from stream %s", re.Stream))
+}
diff --git a/actions/write_event.go b/actions/write_event.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7630a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/write_event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package actions
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type WriteEvent struct {
+	Stream  string
+	Payload []byte
+	Meta    map[string]string
+}
+
+func (we WriteEvent) Run(c Context) error {
+	persistenceProvider := c.Persistence()
+	session, err := persistenceProvider.Session()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Obtaining session failed")
+	}
+	we.Meta["version"] = c.Version()
+	return errors.Wrap(session.WriteEvent(we.Stream, we.Payload, we.Meta), fmt.Sprintf("Error writing event to stream %s", we.Stream))
+}
diff --git a/actions/write_event_from_stream.go b/actions/write_event_from_stream.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b23838e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actions/write_event_from_stream.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package actions
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type WriteEventFromStream struct {
+	Stream string
+	Input  io.Reader
+}
+
+// Read up to Mb from stream
+const MAX_READ = 1024 * 1024
+
+func readJSONFromStream(input io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+	inputBuf := make([]byte, MAX_READ)
+	_, err := input.Read(inputBuf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return inputBuf, errors.Wrap(err, "Input read failed")
+	}
+	for i, v := range inputBuf {
+		if v == '\x00' {
+			inputBuf = inputBuf[:i]
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	var js map[string]interface{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(inputBuf, &js)
+	if err != nil {
+		return inputBuf, errors.Wrap(err, "Input is not JSON")
+	}
+	out, err := json.Marshal(js)
+	if err != nil {
+		return inputBuf, errors.Wrap(err, "Marshalling as JSON failed")
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func (wes WriteEventFromStream) Run(c Context) error {
+	we := WriteEvent{Stream: wes.Stream, Meta: make(map[string]string)}
+	we.Meta["origin"] = "stream"
+	we.Meta["compressed"] = "false"
+	var err error
+	we.Payload, err = readJSONFromStream(wes.Input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed reading input")
+	}
+	return errors.Wrap(we.Run(c), "Failed running WriteEvent action")
+}
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index a52bc99..415d74c 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ func (c Config) Persistence() persistence.Provider {
 		Keyspace: c.keyspace}
 	return &provider
 }
+
+func (c Config) Version() string {
+	return Version
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e11ff99..b6b29da 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ func main() {
 	app.Version = Version
 	app.Action = func(c *cli.Context) error {
 		config := Config{keyspace: "archai_test"}
-		return actions.Migrate{}.Run(config)
+		action := actions.ReadEvent{Stream: "testing-stream", Amount: 10}
+		err := action.Run(config)
+		return err
 	}
 
 	app.Run(os.Args)
diff --git a/persistence/event.go b/persistence/event.go
index 0fe5d49..0e2d646 100644
--- a/persistence/event.go
+++ b/persistence/event.go
@@ -1,4 +1,33 @@
 package persistence
 
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
+)
+
 type Event struct {
+	ID     string
+	Stream string
+	Blob   []byte
+	Meta   map[string]string
+}
+
+func eventFromRow(row map[string]interface{}) (Event, error) {
+	var conv bool
+	ev := Event{}
+	id, conv := row["id"].(gocql.UUID)
+	if !conv {
+		return ev, fmt.Errorf("Failed converting %v to UUID", row["id"])
+	}
+	ev.ID = id.String()
+	ev.Blob, conv = row["blob"].([]byte)
+	if !conv {
+		return ev, fmt.Errorf("Failed converting %v to blob", row["blob"])
+	}
+	ev.Meta, conv = row["meta"].(map[string]string)
+	if !conv {
+		return ev, fmt.Errorf("Failed converting %v to map", row["map"])
+	}
+	return ev, nil
 }
diff --git a/persistence/migration_session.go b/persistence/migration_session.go
index 00f6899..bdffa04 100644
--- a/persistence/migration_session.go
+++ b/persistence/migration_session.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 type MigrationSession interface {
@@ -37,13 +38,13 @@ var insertMigration = fmt.Sprintf(`INSERT INTO %s (name) VALUES (?)`, migrationT
 
 func (sess *CassandraMigrationSession) ShouldRunMigration(name string) (bool, error) {
 	if err := sess.session.Query(createMigrationTable).Exec(); err != nil {
-		return false, err
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "Query to createMigrationTable failed")
 	}
 	log.Println("Looking for migration ", name)
 	iter := sess.session.Query(findMigration, name).Iter()
 	found := iter.Scan(nil)
 	err := iter.Close()
-	return !found, err
+	return !found, errors.Wrap(err, "Closing iterator for findMigration failed")
 }
 
 func (sess *CassandraMigrationSession) DidRunMigration(name string) error {
diff --git a/persistence/migrations.go b/persistence/migrations.go
index 9e93e5f..80873f2 100644
--- a/persistence/migrations.go
+++ b/persistence/migrations.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package persistence
 
+import "github.com/pkg/errors"
+
 type Migration interface {
 	Run(MigrationSession) error
 }
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ type SimpleMigration struct {
 
 func (simpleMigration SimpleMigration) Run(session MigrationSession) error {
 	err := session.Query(simpleMigration.Query)
-	return err
+	return errors.Wrap(err, "Query to execute SimpleMigration failed")
 }
 
 var CreateEventsTable = SimpleMigration{Query: `
diff --git a/persistence/provider.go b/persistence/provider.go
index 8f03fa7..e92be50 100644
--- a/persistence/provider.go
+++ b/persistence/provider.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 type Provider interface {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ func (cp *CassandraProvider) Session() (Session, error) {
 	cluster.Keyspace = cp.Keyspace
 	cluster.Consistency = gocql.Quorum
 	sess, err := cluster.CreateSession()
-	return &CassandraSession{session: sess}, err
+	return &CassandraSession{session: sess}, errors.Wrap(err, "CreateSession failed")
 }
 
 func (cp *CassandraProvider) MigrationSession() (MigrationSession, error) {
@@ -33,14 +34,14 @@ func (cp *CassandraProvider) MigrationSession() (MigrationSession, error) {
 	cluster.Consistency = gocql.All
 	sess, err := cluster.CreateSession()
 	if err != nil {
-		return &CassandraMigrationSession{}, err
+		return &CassandraMigrationSession{}, errors.Wrap(err, "CreateSession failed")
 	}
 	err = sess.Query(fmt.Sprintf(`CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS %s WITH replication = { 'class' : 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 1 };`, cp.Keyspace)).Exec()
 	if err != nil {
-		return &CassandraMigrationSession{}, err
+		return &CassandraMigrationSession{}, errors.Wrap(err, "Query to CreateKeyspace failed")
 	}
 	cluster.Keyspace = cp.Keyspace
 	sess, err = cluster.CreateSession()
 
-	return &CassandraMigrationSession{session: sess}, err
+	return &CassandraMigrationSession{session: sess}, errors.Wrap(err, "CreateSession failed")
 }
diff --git a/persistence/session.go b/persistence/session.go
index faa61fb..fc6b9ab 100644
--- a/persistence/session.go
+++ b/persistence/session.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package persistence
 
 import (
 	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 type Session interface {
 	WriteEvent(string, []byte, map[string]string) error
-	ReadEvents(string, string, int) []Event
+	ReadEvents(string, string, int) ([]Event, error)
 }
 
 type CassandraSession struct {
@@ -16,10 +17,22 @@ type CassandraSession struct {
 const insertEvent = `INSERT INTO events (id, stream, blob, meta) VALUES (now(), ?, ?, ?)`
 
 func (sess *CassandraSession) WriteEvent(stream string, blob []byte, meta map[string]string) error {
-	return sess.session.Query(insertEvent, stream, blob, meta).Exec()
+	return errors.Wrap(sess.session.Query(insertEvent, stream, blob, meta).Exec(), "Error writing event to Cassandra")
 }
 
-func (sess *CassandraSession) ReadEvents(stream string, cursor string, amount int) []Event {
-	events := make([]Event, 0)
-	return events
+const readEvent = `SELECT id, blob, meta FROM events WHERE stream = ? AND id > ? LIMIT ?`
+
+func (sess *CassandraSession) ReadEvents(stream string, cursor string, amount int) ([]Event, error) {
+	iter := sess.session.Query(readEvent, stream, cursor, amount).Iter()
+	rows, err := iter.SliceMap()
+	events := make([]Event, len(rows))
+	for i, r := range rows {
+		events[i], err = eventFromRow(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return events, errors.Wrap(err, "Conversion to Event failed")
+		}
+		events[i].Stream = stream
+	}
+	err = iter.Close()
+	return events, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed readEvent")
 }