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  • Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2024 announced

    Winner of the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2024 announced

    Book Awards

    Tuesday, March 11, 2025

    A book about the science of red-bottomed baboons and iridescent peacocks wins the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize!

  • Bookbuzz 2025 programme opens for registration

    Bookbuzz 2025 programme opens for registration

    Monday, March 10, 2025

    Bookbuzz, a curated programme of books and resources for Years 7 and 8, is now open for registration. Schools that sign up early, by 16 May, will also receive a bonus pack of books worth £75.  Bookbuzz gives students the chance to choose and keep a book from a c...

  • What happens to our recycling?

    What happens to our recycling?

    Author Videos

    Friday, March 7, 2025

    Watch Polly Faber read from Recycling Day as she explains what happens on bin collection day.  Recycling Day: What Happens to the Things We Throw Away, follows our recycling through its different processes and shows us how things are re-used, as well as...

  • Neal Shusterman's new thriller, All Better Now

    Neal Shusterman's new thriller, All Better Now

    Author Videos

    Friday, March 7, 2025

    What if there was a virus that people wanted to catch? Neal Shusterman tells us what inspired his contemporary thriller, All Better Now.

  • AF Harrold's poetry in your pocket

    AF Harrold's poetry in your pocket

    Author Videos

    Monday, March 3, 2025

    Enjoy a Very Short pocket poem or two with poet AF Harrold, who introduces his Pocket Book of Pocket Poems. And see if you can guess how postcards helped inspire the collection!

  • Mondays really are murder...

    Mondays really are murder...

    Video/Vlog

    Monday, March 3, 2025

    Mondays are Murder is a must-read for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen McManus - a thrilling, unpredictable page-turner, packed with twists, turns and dead ends.

  • Celebrate World Book Day 2025

    Celebrate World Book Day 2025

    Friday, February 14, 2025

    World Book Day will take place on Thursday 6 March 2025 and is a global celebration of books and reading. This year WBD is inviting everyone to 'Read Your Way'. With research showing that children feel reading is something they have to do, rather than s...

  • Meet the Notwitches!

    Meet the Notwitches!

    Video/Vlog

    Friday, February 14, 2025

    Look out for revolting villains, feuding families and some remarkable mermaids in The Notwitches, a funny, fantastical adventure by Gary Panton, who is here to tell us all about it!