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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...
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Kenneth Oppel reads from his new YA, Best of All Worlds
Video/Vlog
Monday, June 2, 2025
Kenneth Oppel reads from his new YA novel, Best of All Worlds, a thrilling speculative novel about clashing politics, first love and human survival set within the imprisonment of a dome against an invisible enemy.
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A story about following your dreams: Leah Osakwe's Rock Band
Video/Vlog
Monday, June 2, 2025
Debut author Leah Osakwe tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Rock Band: Music and Misfits, a story about following your dreams, friendship and of course, music. Hear more about the story's themes from Leah, and she also reads a short extract from the book.
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Introducing mindfulness in As the World Goes By
Author Videos
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Jonny Lambert's new picture book, As the World Goes By, introduces young children to mindfulness, with a story about pausing to notice the beauty of the world around us. Here, he reads from the first few pages of As the World Goes By....
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Neal Shusterman shares All Better Now
Video/Vlog
Friday, May 30, 2025
What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.
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Lu Fraser's Basil Dreams Big inspires self-belief
Author Videos
Friday, May 30, 2025
In this story about overcoming fears Basil, a young bat, must find the courage to fly! Author Lu Fraser introduces Basil Dreams Big, illustrated by Sarah Warburton.
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Odd Girl Out, a novel about finding your place in your world
Authors Q&As
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Tasneem Abdur-Rashid tells us what inspired her to write her contemporary YA debut, Odd Girl Out, and how her niece's experiences of moving to the UK helped inspire her to write it.
