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We have partnered with Rebellion and The Football Association to launch a free live story following the journey of England’s Lionesses at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France this...

Our survey of 56,905 children and young people found that those who are the most engaged with reading are more likely to read both on paper and on screen than their peers.

Today we launched Small Talk, a new project to help parents develop the skills and confidence they need to boost their child’s language skills at home, before they start school.

Our new teacher survey shows technology has the power to boost pupils’ literacy, but poor access to resources and teacher training means many are missing out.

20 benches shaped like open books will be on display at public venues across Stoke-on-Trent from 12 April until 30 June, as part of our Stoke Reads campaign.

We’ve teamed up with Penguin to launch a free teaching resource inspired by Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, Becoming, aimed at boosting secondary students’ literacy skills.

We've partnered with the Department for Education, which has just announced a new campaign to help parents incorporate ways to ‘chat, play and read’ with their children into...

Our latest report finds that children who have good reading skills are four times more likely to have good financial skills.

We hosted a multi-schools event in Hastings, in partnership with Bloomsbury Children’s Books, to celebrate the release of the latest book in the popular Kid Normal series by Greg...

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the annual Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition!

To celebrate The Gruffalo's 20th anniversary, we've launched an exciting new writing competition for primary school pupils.

Tuesday News Day is a new campaign from the News Literacy Network to encourage teachers to discuss the news with their pupils for at least 10 minutes a week.

Almost 750 runners took to Clapham Common on Sunday 17 March for our annual Where’s Wally? fun run.

We've teamed up with Bloomsbury Children’s Books to celebrate the release of the latest book in the popular Kid Normal series by Greg James and Chris Smith. Pupils across...

Reading for pleasure is declining - but we're on a mission to improve it this World Book Day and beyond!

We're giving 125,000 children the chance to discover a love of reading this World Book Day by donating more than 7,300 brand new books to primary schools across the UK.

This weekend, we were joined by 65 families, alongside top authors and illustrators, at Glasgow’s iconic Mitchell Library to celebrate the work of our Early Words Together programme.

Our 2019 auction has just opened for bids, and there are some incredible one-of-a-kind prizes up for grabs.

Our prison reading programme, Books Unlocked, has announced the 10 books that participants will have available to read in 2019.

74 leading businesses have signed the Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2019, committing to tackle the UK’s literacy challenge.

As of today, shoppers and bargain hunters on eBay will have the opportunity to donate to our work, through the eBay for Charity programme!