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Dip into horror with The Blood Texts

Uncle Zeedie is weird, but at least he's rich and his house is amazing. That's what George and Lacey tell themselves when they arrive at his isolat...
Poetry speaking competition Poetry by Heart 2026 opens for entries

Poetry By Heart, a national poetry speaking competition, opens today, National Poetry Day, 2 October 2025, with a call to all schools in England to...
BBC's 500 Words writing competition is back for 2025

The 500 Words competition is now open, challenging children aged five to 11 years to write a short story in up to 500 words for the BBC's annual co...
Resources to celebrate Harry Potter Book Day, 9 October 2025

Friends and Foes is the theme for Harry Potter Book Day on Thursday 9 October, and Bloomsbury has created a range of downloadable resources to help...
Editing the award-winning novel, Glasgow Boys

This summer, Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald (Faber), a novel about two boys emerging from the care system, won the Branford Boase Award for debu...

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