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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...
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UKLA Book Awards 2026 longlists announced
Book Awards
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
The 2026 longlists for the UKLA Book Awards, announced today, include books in translation, past winners, exciting debuts and a huge range of genres, topics and themes. The national children's book awards is judged by teachers and aims to showcase high quality...
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Gifting programme aims to donate one million books
Monday, September 15, 2025
The Children's Book Project, which gives away donated books to schools, prisons and community settings, is aiming to give away one million books to children who have few books of their own during this academic year, 2025-2026, in response to "a deepening literacy crisis", the charity s...
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Prequel title to Jason Reynolds' RUN series announced
Monday, September 15, 2025
Inclusive indie publisher Knights Of is to publish a prequel to Jason Reynolds' bestselling middle grade RUN series, COACH, in October.
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Simon Philip explores the joy in making mistakes in Perfect Pedro
Growing Readers
Monday, September 15, 2025
Sometimes children want everything to be 'just so', but in Perfect Pedro, Simon Philip and Ella Okstad remind us that it's okay when things go wrong.
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My Hair is as Long as River wins the Klaus Flugge Prize
Book Awards
Thursday, September 11, 2025
Emma Farrarons is the winner of the 2025 Klaus Flugge Prize awarded to the most exciting and promising newcomer to children's picture book illustration. She won for her illustrations in My...
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The Diverse Book Awards 2025 shortlist announced
Book Awards
Monday, September 8, 2025
The shortlist for the Diverse Book Awards 2025 across Picture Books, Children's, YA and Adults published in the UK and Ireland have been announced and include ten titles in each category. The overall winners will be announced at an award ceremony in October.
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Libraries for Primaries 2025 - 2026 campaign
Friday, September 5, 2025
The Libraries for Primaries campaign works to support schools that do not have a library space in creating one with training, resources, books and furniture to help them develop a reading for pleasure culture in their schools. School leaders who are interested...
