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Dip into horror with The Blood Texts
Authors Q&As
Friday, October 3, 2025
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 isolated mansion in the Welsh woods . . .
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Poetry speaking competition Poetry by Heart 2026 opens for entries
Get Creative
Thursday, October 2, 2025
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 sign up - and with a preview of Poetry By Heart: the Movie, the inspiring new feature film documentary following schools as they enter the...
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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!
