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We’ve teamed up with super children’s authors Greg James and Chris Smith to launch a new ‘Author of the week’ series of exclusive videos, activities and free digital books for...View details about We team up with Greg James and Chris Smith to launch new series of weekly author exclusives -
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In response to school closures, we have today launched our brand new Family Zone.View details about We launch ‘Family Zone’ to help parents during school closures -
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Our research was used in the Budget announcement that tax on e-books will be abolished.View details about The campaign to Axe The Reading Tax succeeds! -
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We are calling on the public to donate to our new Crowdfunder campaign to bring books to disadvantaged children in Croydon.View details about We launch Crowdfunder campaign to give books to children in Croydon -
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Acclaimed publisher Barry Cunningham is calling on budding young authors to get their literary careers in top gear and enter an all new national writing competition with the UK’s...View details about Harry Potter publisher calls for young writers to ‘get creative’ in short story competition -
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We publish new research with Lancôme revealing that the aspirations of 43% of young people are undermined by a lack of confidence and gender inequality, with young women facing the...View details about Our new research reveals the barriers to young people achieving their aspirations -
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Our research, released on World Book Day, shows that children are reading less than ever before.View details about Children's daily reading levels are the lowest we've ever recorded, our new research finds -
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Moto in the Community hosted primary school children from across Rochdale and Bury at a special event today to celebrate World Book Day.View details about We celebrated World Book Day with our new partner Moto and primary students -
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Our brand new review on the impact of audiobooks on children’s wellbeing and literacy is accompanied by some brand new resources for teachers and parents.View details about We release research review on the benefits of audiobooks on literacy -
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Today we celebrated the launch of our charity partnership with the Telegraph Sports Book Awards at a very special event!View details about Students meet Gary Lineker and Michael Owen to celebrate our partnership with Telegraph Sports Book Awards -
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We launch our new Close the Gap campaign, aimed at closing the literacy gap once and for all.View details about We launch fundraising campaign to #CloseTheGap -
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79 leading businesses have committed to taking action in their local communities to address low literacy levels.View details about 79 businesses pledge to improve local literacy levels -
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We recently hosted a celebration event at Uplands Primary School to mark the success of our Early Words Together at Three programme in LeicesterView details about Celebrating success of Early Words Together at Three in Leicester -
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Our prison reading programme, Books Unlocked, has just announced the 10 books that participants will have available to read in 2020.View details about We unveil 2020 Books Unlocked reading list -
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Primary school pupils across England and Wales are being encouraged to write poems based on the theme of ‘ambition’.View details about The Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition is back! -
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The Oscar-winning actress and New York Times best-selling author Lupita N'yongo visited Harris Academy students today to support our Words for Work: Women in Leadership...View details about Lupita Nyong’o visits Harris Academy students to support our Words for Work: Women in Leadership programme -
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We gifted 239,894 books to children across the UK in the past year.View details about We publish new report showing the impact of our work -
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Elise Renshaw of Kingsway Primary School wins The Gruffalo's 20th anniversary writing competitionView details about Winner of The Gruffalo’s 20th anniversary writing competition announced! -
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In partnership with Lancôme we have launched an online platform designed to help young women find the practical resources and guides they need to help secure their first job.View details about In partnership with Lancôme we launch online platform to support young women on the path to employment -
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The latest PISA results have now been released. Published by the OECD, they look at the reading skills of around 600,000 15-year-olds from 79 countries across the world.View details about PISA 2018 England report release -
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Reluctant reader turned children’s author, Tom Palmer, has won the Ruth Rendell Award 2019 for his efforts to champion literacy throughout the UK over the past year.View details about Tom Palmer wins Ruth Rendell Award 2019 for outstanding contribution to literacy