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Author and illustrator Liz Pichon is leading an auction to raise money for our charity

We have launched our first national Christmas card design competition free for all primary school pupils aged 5-11 in the UK to enter

Our Chief Executive, Jonathan Douglas, has been recognised with a CBE for services to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020.

This year’s Happy Readers author is Tom Fletcher who has written an exclusive range of story books available for families to collect in McDonald’s Happy Meals™

We are launching a series of Reading Challenges to support whole-school literacy and help teachers encourage a culture of reading for pleasure in their classrooms

In partnership with The Royal British Legion, we have launched a range of teaching resources for children in Key Stages 1-4, designed to help them explore their shared heritage of...

As part of our Game Changers programme we launch Game Changers: True Stories, an interview series with inspiring role models talking about their experiences of exclusion and...

As part of the Instant Libraries project with KPMG, we're delighted to be able to provide 100 primary school libraries with new books to support their pupils’ learning now they...

In partnership with the Bupa Foundation, Cheltenham Festivals and Mind, we launch a new creative writing project in the lead up to World Mental Health Day.

We launch new Virtual School Library for primary schools and Words for Life website for parents which aim to improve literacy of children hit hardest by COVID-19.

Our Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, visited Ivydale Primary School in London to open their spectacular new school library and launch our new Virtual School Library.

We joined forces with the Co-op and children’s publishers to launch a children’s magazine promotion to encourage families with young children to chat, play and read together at home

We’re delighted to be working with WHSmith to distribute 10,000 stationery packs bursting with creative writing tools across our Literacy Hubs this summer.

8-year-old Milan from Bolton is starting an epic #FitforLit cycling challenge today around Bolton Wanderers FC’s stadium to raise £1,000 to support our work.

Ade Adepitan, Danielle Brown, Matt Smith, Matt Oldfield, Justin Somper, Tom Palmer, Dave Cousins, Tamsin Cooke and Michaela Morgan front our #FitforLit Challenge fundraiser.

Our new research finds that playing video games can support young people’s literacy, creativity and empathy and has also helped many young people’s mental wellbeing during lockdown.

From today, our friends at Penguin will be raising vital funds to support our work as part of their 85th anniversary celebrations

From today, parents will be able to choose a book or a toy every time they purchase a Happy Meal for their child, in an effort to get more books into families’ homes across the country

The winners of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards have been announced, including Matt Oldfield who won the inaugural Children’s Sports Book of the Year category with his book...