News & Updates

Summer Book Club 2025

News 22.04.2025

Ideal for secondary school transition, summer school activities and sending out to families with information as they prepare for Year 7.

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Informal Book Talk – FREE OU seminar

News, Events 16.04.2025

Drawing on the long history of reading for pleasure research, and with a renewed focus on oracy in primary classrooms, the OU team will discuss findings from their recent studies

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New authors and titles added to Who Next...?

News, Website updates 09.04.2025

This week Who Next has been updated with 18 new authors and over 100 titles, plus lots of existing entries have been revised with updated information including more alternative authors and titles.

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BBC Radio 2 Book Club

News 06.04.2025

Get up to date with the latest featured books

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Introducing the Book Club Hub!

News 27.03.2025

from the Reading Agency

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World Book Night

News, Awards 26.03.2025

There's less than a month to go!

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2025 Summer Reading Challenge theme announced

News 10.03.2025

Story Garden: Adventures in Nature & the Great Outdoors.

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The Week Junior Book Awards 2025

News, Awards 07.03.2025

Entries are now open!

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Explore the power of storytelling

News 19.02.2025

In this special video for National Storytelling Week 2025, Danyah Miller explores the power of spontaneous storytelling.

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Verse for the Voracious Reader

News 17.02.2025

The Open University's latest blog discusses how verse novels are multi-faceted, with a huge potential to challenge readers of all abilities.

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Reading for Pleasure Awards 2025

News, Awards 13.02.2025

The HarperCollins/OU/UKLA Reading for Pleasure Awards 2025 are now open for entries!

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Children and young people’s listening in 2024

News 10.02.2025

The National Literacy Trust's latest report on audio formats and children and young people

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The Children’s Book Project

News 30.01.2025

Redistributes thousands of new and gently used books to children and their families

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