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    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:36:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Literacy in unexpected places</title>
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        <![CDATA[Our Director Jonathan Douglas explains why literacy should be found in the most unexpected places from football grounds to fast food restaurants.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ten things Premier League Reading Stars could have done for me</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4359_ten_things_premier_league_reading_stars_could_have_done_for_me</link>
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        <![CDATA[Tom Palmer did not like books when he was a boy. His mum used football to get him into reading. He is now the author of fourteen children’s football novels for Puffin Books.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Two spring term </title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4348_tom_palmers_writing_blog-how_i_write_how_you_write_part_two_spring_term</link>
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        <![CDATA["When a child in a school asks me for advice about what to do to become an author, the first thing I say is "read"...Because reading is the best way to learn how to write."
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part One spring term</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4332_tom_palmers_writing_blog-how_i_write_how_you_write_part_one_spring_term</link>
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        <![CDATA[Tom blogs about not feeling angry when someone criticises something you’ve done.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>New year musings on the new National Curriculum</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/policy/policy_blogs/4329_new_year_musings_on_the_new_national_curriculum</link>
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        <![CDATA[Deputy Director, Abigail Moss shares her thoughts on the paper published by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum Review.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why you should give the Gift of Reading this Christmas</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4192_why_you_should_give_the_gift_of_reading_this_christmas</link>
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        <![CDATA[Lizzie from our Young Readers Programme explains why you should give the Gift of Reading this Christmas.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Euro 2012 journey begins...</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4179_the_euro_2012_journey_begins</link>
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        <![CDATA[This week Tom Palmer takes a break from his blog about writing his latest book, to focus on next year’s Euro 2012 football tournament.

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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4179_the_euro_2012_journey_begins</guid>
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      <title>Could do better: latest overview of adult literacy in the UK</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/policy/policy_blogs/4169_could_do_better_latest_overview_of_adult_literacy_in_the_uk</link>
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        <![CDATA[National Literacy Trust Director Jonathan Douglas discusses the findings of the new 2011 Skills for Life Survey and the challenges it presents to the literacy sector.]]>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Six autumn term</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4021_tom_palmers_writing_blog-how_i_write_how_you_write_part_six_autumn_term</link>
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        <![CDATA[“I can’t tell you the name of the school in question, because it is probably the first school in the world to set up its own spy ring.”]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/blog/4021_tom_palmers_writing_blog-how_i_write_how_you_write_part_six_autumn_term</guid>
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      <title>New political group to focus on literacy</title>
      <link>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/policy/policy_blogs/3999_new_political_group_to_focus_on_literacy</link>
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        <![CDATA[The new All Party Parliamentary Group for Literacy will look at issues including boys and literacy and volunteering to support literacy.]]>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/policy/policy_blogs/3999_new_political_group_to_focus_on_literacy</guid>
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