"The Man Who Came Uptown" (Mulholland Books), by George Pelecanos Anna Byrne, a prison librarian in Washington, is good at selecting books that keep prisoners entertained, but seldom does she succeed ...
Her Majesty The Queen will feature in a BBC new documentary film to mark the UK-wide National Year of Reading 2026, set to air later in the year. The documentary, made in partnership with the Open ...
As an academic, philosopher and scholar, Butler has so many good words of wisdom, spanning across many topics. And today’s ...
The Queen is to appear in a new BBC documentary highlighting her passion for reading. On the fifth anniversary of The Queen’s Reading Room, a project Camilla launched during the coronavirus crisis to ...
The film will mark the UK-wide National Year of Reading 2026 As we mark the National Year of Reading, we hope to inspire people of all ages to pick up a book, to see the world in new ways and ...
The English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy may be overshadowed in schools today by writers such as Shakespeare, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling. But in times of widespread education cuts it is worth ...
When it comes to creating fiction that supports and responds to the mental health and wellbeing of young readers, authenticity can’t be an afterthought. In 2023, one in five young people aged 8-25 ...
As we mark the National Year of Reading, we hope to inspire people of all ages to pick up a book, to see the world in new ways and potentially change their own lives. We are especially delighted that ...