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World Book Day

National Literacy Trust

Published: March 2025

21 Books Coming in March

Published: March 2025

February 5, 2025: Celebrating 15 Years of World Read Aloud Day™

Published: 5 February 2025

World Read Aloud Day

Author: Pan Macmillan Africa

Published: 28 January 2025

Snow White and Superman to 28 Years Later: 25 films to look forward to in 2025

Authors: Nicholas Barber and Caryn James 

Published: 6 January 2025

Sally Rooney to Percival Everett: The 24 best books of 2024

Authors: Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker 

Published: 27 December 2024 

Everything you need to know about Orbital by Samantha Harvey, winner of the Booker Prize 2024

Published: 12 November 2024 

South Korea's Han Kang wins Nobel Literature Prize

Auhor: Annabel Rackham 

Published: 10 October 2024 

Women dominate 2024 Booker Prize shortlist

Auhor: Yasmin Rufo

Published: 16 September 2024 

The Booker Prize 2024

Published: 16 September 2024 

International Literacy Day: Celebrating Wins and Tackling Challenges

Published: 8 September 2024 

Announcing the Winners of the 2024 LLL Award

Published: 26 August 2024 

The longlist for the Booker Prize 2024 has been announced, featuring three debut novels and six previously nominated writers 

Published: 30 July 2024 

Bloomsday 2024: Everything you need to know about Joyce events in Dublin

Author: Sarah Burke

Published: 12 June 2024 

Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77

Author: Ella Creamer

Published: 1 May 2024 

How Graded Readers and Engaging Activities Can Ignite Student Interest in the Magic of Books 

Author: Griselda Beacon - Oxford University Press ELT 

Published: 26 April 2024 

Announcing the Finalists for the 2024 LLL Awards

Author: Extensive Reading Foundation ERF WP Editor 

Published: 10 April 2024 

How can I celebrate diversity through storytelling?

Author: Emily Bryson

Published: nd

Nine of the best TV shows to watch this February

Author: Caryn James

Published: 31 January 2024 

National Storytelling Week 2024: Ideas and classroom activities for storytelling

Author: National Literacy Trust

Published: 15 December 2023 / Updated 29 January 2024

Sandra Newman to Justin Torres: 33 of the best books of 2023

Author: Rebecca Laurence and Lindsay Baker

Published: 29 December 2023 

‘Guaranteed to be a banger’: the 50 must-see TV shows for 2024 

Author: Stuart Heritage and Kate Abbott 

Published: 28 December 2023 

Benjamin Zephaniah, British poet and campaigner, dies aged 65

Author: Ella Creamer 

Published: 7 December 2023 

‘This is a wake-up call’: Booker winner Paul Lynch on his novel about a fascist Ireland

Author: Lisa AllardiceAllardice

Published: 27 November 2023 

Remembrance – Literacy Live Lesson

Author: BBC

Published: November 2023 

Barbie, Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon: The 20 best films of 2023

Author: Nicholas Barber and Caryn James

Published: 24 November 2023 

The BBC celebrates The Beatles

Author: BBC

Published: 26 October 2023 

Chaucer goes digital as British Library makes works available online

Author: Caroline Davies

Published: 25 October 2023 

BBC celebrates 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s ‘First Folio’ with ambitious pan-BBC season

Author: BBC

Published: 11 October 2023