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Championing your school library in the National Year of Reading
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
With its £10m pledge to fund a 'library for every primary', and £5m book fund for secondary school libraries, the government has put i...
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Nero Book Awards 2025 winners announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Jamila Gavin's 'exceptionally powerful' historical novel My Soul, A Shining Tree (Farshore) has won the Children's Fiction category of the Nero Book Awards 2025. Winners of the remaining categories included: Fiction Category Winner 2025 Seascraper by B...
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Inclusive Books for Children (IBC) Awards 2026 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Monday, January 12, 2026
The shortlist for the 2026 Inclusive Books for Children (IBC) Awards has been revealed, celebrating exceptional, UK-published inclusive children's books for one to nine-year-olds. Children across UK primary schools are now reading the shortlisted titles and cast...
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David Walliams's book sales fall
Friday, January 9, 2026
David Walliams's book sales have fallen in the weeks after he was dropped by his publisher, HarperCollins, for alleged inappropriate behaviour towards junior female employees at the company - allegations that Walliams has strongly denied.
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Discover the world of Animagicals!
Video/Vlog
Friday, January 9, 2026
Paula Harrison's Animagicals series takes us to a world where children can turn into animals and Paula joined ReadingZone to tell us more about it - plus enjoy a short reading!
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Simon Fox shares his latest thriller, Avalanche
Authors Q&As
Friday, January 2, 2026
"The worst thing I could imagine is being stuck up a mountain after an avalanche, just you, cut off from the world . . ." Simon Fox tells us what inspired his new thriller, Avalanche, plus the author shares his top writing tips fo...
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Recently-announced £5m book funds to be underpinned with training, says DFE
Monday, December 15, 2025
The government has confirmed that the recently-announced £5m of funding for secondary schools will be ring-fenced for book purchases "to support and encourage reading enjoyment amongst their pupils". To accompany this funding, the Department for Education has al...
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2025 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies) winners announced
Book Awards
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Scholastic UK has announced the winners of the 2025 Laugh Out Loud Awards (The Lollies) at a ceremony filled with laughter, song, doodling and much more. The Lollies is the UK's biggest celebration of funny books and one of the few awards where the winners are v...
