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Children's enjoyment of writing halves in 15 years
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Only a quarter of children and young people aged 8 to 18 enjoy writing in their free time, according to new research by the National Literacy Trust (NLT). Levels of writing enjoyment have almost halved over the past 15 years, particularly among primary-aged children. This report, Childr...
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Winners of the Carnegie Medals 2025 are announced
Book Awards
Thursday, June 19, 2025
The winners of the UK's longest-running book awards for children and young people, The Carnegies, were announced today at a ceremony in London. Debut author Margaret McDonald has won the Carnegie Medal for Writing for her "life changing and emotional" novel <a h...
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Choose Your Own Evolution: Will you survive?
Authors Q&As
Monday, June 16, 2025
Did you know that chickens and penguins are descended from dinosaurs; that evolving to sleep for months helped save crocodiles from extinction; and that octopus and sharks are distantly related? Find out all about how creatures have evolved during their millions of years on Earth from...
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Seaside adventures with Sandy Fin
Video/Vlog
Friday, June 13, 2025
Hear from author Martin Stewart about his funny, action-packed seaside adventure, Sandy Fin: Operation Splash Landing.
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I Am Rebel wins the FCBG Children's Book Award 2025
Book Awards
Monday, June 9, 2025
The Federation of Children's Book Groups has announced the Overall Winner of the 2025 Children's Book Award: I Am Rebel by Ross Montgomery. The Children's Book Award, now in its 45th year, is the only national award voted for entirely by children.
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CLPE becomes part of the National Literacy Trust
Monday, June 2, 2025
CLPE, the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education, has become a subsidiary charity of The National Literacy Trust. The organisations say the new structure will help the national literacy charities to "turbo-charge the charities' combined impact on literacy education in the UK and inte...
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NLT's 2025 reading report marks 20-year low in reading for pleasure
Monday, June 2, 2025
A 2025 report by the National Literacy Trust into reading for enjoyment has found that the number of children and young people's who say they enjoy reading is at a 20-year low. The research is taken from surveys of more than 110,000 children and young people in the UK aged five to 18 y...
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School bookings open for The Children's Bookshow 2025 autumn tour
Events
Monday, June 2, 2025
The Children's Bookshow brings children's authors and illustrators from the UK and abroad to local theatre venues, giving teachers and primary school children the opportunity to hear world-class artists talk about their work, and helping to inspire a love of reading, writing and drawin...
