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We shared questions from the young people we work with on our Words for Work programme with our ambassador, the fantastic Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE, about her extraordinary career...

Dave Neale, Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning (PEDAL) reflects on how children learn through play

Judith Parke, our Head of the Home Learning Environment team, reflects on how chatting to babies helps to support their early language development.

Our Love our Libraries Programme Manager Victoria shares her thoughts on the (almost) impossible task of narrowing down a choice of books for your school library.

Lacking vital literacy skills puts people at extreme risk of social exclusion.

How does poetry help us get at the truth? Susannah Herbert of Forward Arts Foundation, which organises National Poetry Day, explains 2019's theme.

Our Swindon Hub Manager Anish has a background in social work. She shares her first-hand experience of how shared reading can help children who are looked after feel more secure.

Our Head of School Programmes Fiona Evans reflects on all the brilliant and dedicated teachers we have worked with during this school year.

Our Secondary Schools Adviser Catharine Driver explains why subject-specific literacy is so important at secondary school, and how we can help.

With the launch of a new national campaign to encourage families to fill their young children’s worlds with words at home, we reflect back on our commitment to this cause since our...

Antosh Wojcik is an award-winning poet and spoken word artist. He’s been working with students on our Young City Poets programme, helping them write their own poetry inspired by...

Our Early Years Project Manager (and mum of twins) Alison shares what she learnt recently about the work of speech and language therapists in neonatal units.

The NewsWise Fake News Detective Agency bounced into Hay Festival this year, equipped with deerstalkers, poo emojis, a unicorn and lots of fake news activities for primary school...

From giving out books to sharing interview tips, volunteers make a huge difference to our work and the lives of children, young people and families across the country. We're...

Victoria Dilly, our Love our Libraries programme manager and a children’s book blogger over at The Book Activist, rounds up some of the best books to get children reading this May...

Julia Clouter, Head of Education at Scanning Pens and a consultant SENCo, explains how she helped a struggling student access the joy of reading.

There's a wealth of opportunities for teachers to use audio in lessons, tutor time and assemblies - we share some tips and ideas.

Breakdancing is a part of a new module in Skills Academy, where schoolchildren can learn great dance skills as rewards for practising and improving their reading.

Nick Oram works as our Young Readers Programme Project Manager by day, but by night he's an improv comedy fanatic! He tells us how he's bringing improv into libraries and...

This International Women’s Day, our Words for Work Programme Manager Billie explains why it is so important to give young women the literacy skills and confidence they need to...

This year’s Talk To Your Baby conference was our seventeeth – but our Home Learning Environment Project Manager, Sarah’s, first! Here she explains what she learnt…