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Kenneth Oppel reads from his new YA, Best of All Worlds
Video/Vlog
Friday, June 13, 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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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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Neal Shusterman shares All Better Now
Video/Vlog
Monday, June 2, 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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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...
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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....
