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National Year of Reading Roundup

This year's National Year of Reading has begun with government backing for for books and school libraries, author and storytelling events around th...
2026 Branford Boase Award longlist announced

The longlist for the 2026 Branford Boase Award has been announced. As well as recognising new writers for children and young people, the Branford B...
Poetry By Heart extended to KS1 and EYFS

Poetry By Heart, the popular poetry speaking competition, has launched new materials for four to seven-year-olds to support the very youngest scho...
Coram Beanstalk campaigns to help 1,000 more children into reading

The Society of Authors is partnering with reading charity Coram Beanstalk in a campaign to support 1,000 children in becoming lifelong readers duri...
Secondary schools offered free 'Unlocking Reading' training

State secondary schools can now sign up to the Unlocking Reading CPD, a free training programme provided by the Department for Education. Some 25%...

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