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Little Rebels Award 2025 winner announced
Book Awards
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Sarah Hagger Holt has won the Little Rebels Award 2015 for her novel The Fights That Make Us, a cross-generational story that honours the LGBTQ+ activists of the 1980s and 90s and their struggle against Section 28, and role of contemporary activists.
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Free Remembrance Day event with Tom Palmer, 11 November 2025
Author Events
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Join author Tom Palmer in marking Remembrance Day with a free online event hosted by Mr Dilly; Why Do We Remember the Second World War? The event is aimed at students aged seven to 14 years (KS2–KS3) and will be aired live from the D-Day Story Museum in Portsmouth. It...
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A library for every primary by 2029
Monday, September 29, 2025
The Libraries for Primaries campaign, which recently celebrated transforming 1,500 school libraries, will work with the government to ensure every primary school has a library by the end of 2029, following the government's pledge of £10m funding to establish a library in every primary...
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Free online event to mark Michael Rosen Day, 13 November 2025
Author Events
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Michael Rosen Day, which will take place on Thursday 13th November, is a chance to celebrate one of Britain's most beloved poets, and to help create a buzz around reading, listening to and writing poetry. The theme for this year's Michael Rosen Day is Funny Food: A Feast of Poems.
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BBC's 500 Words writing competition is back for 2025
Get Creative
Tuesday, September 23, 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 competition. Judges are looking for stories that will make them "laugh, cry or just be blown away by what we are reading". <s...
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Resources to celebrate Harry Potter Book Day, 9 October 2025
Monday, September 22, 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 you celebrate!
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Editing the award-winning novel, Glasgow Boys
Book Blog
Friday, September 19, 2025
This summer, Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald (Faber), a novel about two boys emerging from the care system, won the Branford Boase Award for debut writers; it had already been announced as the winn...
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World Book Day reveals the £1 books for 2026
Thursday, September 18, 2025
World Book Day will be held on 5 March 2026. Registration is now open for 2026 and schools and early years settings can now register for their 2026 £1/€1.50 book tokens. Registration closes on 10 October. Th...
