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Tell yourself you're awesome!
Video/Vlog
Monday, March 2, 2026
I Tell Myself I'm Awesome is a new poetry collection by Joshua Seigal - find out why we should all tell ourselves we're awesome! More about I Tell Myself I'm Awesome!
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Reader of the Year Award launched by the SLA and Barrington Stoke
Friday, February 27, 2026
The Barrington Stoke Reader of the Year Award is to be launched as a national award to celebrate young readers, recognising pupils in Year 7 and 8 who have overcome challenge to discover the joy of reading. The winner will receive £400 worth of Barrington Stoke...
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Winners of the Inclusive Books for Children Awards 2026 announced
Book Awards
Thursday, February 26, 2026
The six winners of the Inclusive Books for Children Awards have been announced. Celebrating the best UK-published inclusive children's books for ages one to nine, this year's winners will share a £30,000 prize fund and showcase their work at Hay Festival in May. Spannin...
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SLA to launch social book clubs in 100 secondary libraries
Thursday, February 26, 2026
From September 2026, the SLA's Reading Reboot programme will deliver 1,000 social book clubs in over 100 secondary school libraries in London, the West Midlands and the North East of England.
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Here's Steve Cole talking about his dystopian thriller, New You For Ever
Authors Q&As
Monday, February 23, 2026
New You For Ever is science fiction, but some of its ideas and concepts are scarily possible says author Steve Cole. Can you save the world by living for ever? Anders uncovers the sinister truth about Pleekas in this gripping dystopian thriller.
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Celebrate World Book Day 2026 with author events & writing activities
Author Events
Friday, February 20, 2026
A wide variety of digital events are available for this upcoming World Book Day, which also marks a special event in the National Year of Reading calendar. ReadingZone has a round-up of some fabulous author events and writing workshops happening during the week of World Book Day. </st...
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Is Storytime key to inspiring reading for pleasure?
Monday, February 16, 2026
How can we inspire every child to love reading for pleasure during the National Year of Reading? ReadingZone asked Alison David, consumer insight director at HarperCollins Children's Books and Farshore, what research into reading aloud to children - at school and at home - has shown. <...
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Chris Bradford shares his new space adventure, Nova!
Authors Q&As
Friday, February 13, 2026
Bestselling author Chris Bradford joins us from somewhere deep in space to share his new space adventure, Nova.
