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In response to school closures, we have today launched our brand new Family Zone.

Our annual Where’s Wally? fun run saw more than 600 runners don their red and white stripes at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London to raise money for the charity.

Our research was used in the Budget announcement that tax on e-books will be abolished.

We are calling on the public to donate to our new Crowdfunder campaign to bring books to disadvantaged children in Croydon.

Acclaimed publisher Barry Cunningham is calling on budding young authors to get their literary careers in top gear and enter an all new national writing competition with the UK’s...

We publish new research with Lancôme revealing that the aspirations of 43% of young people are undermined by a lack of confidence and gender inequality, with young women facing the...

Our research, released on World Book Day, shows that children are reading less than ever before.

Moto in the Community hosted primary school children from across Rochdale and Bury at a special event today to celebrate World Book Day.

Supported by Blackpool Opportunity Area and Blackpool Council, we are launching an innovative drive to inspire a new generation of readers in Blackpool.

Our brand new review on the impact of audiobooks on children’s wellbeing and literacy is accompanied by some brand new resources for teachers and parents.

Today we celebrated the launch of our charity partnership with the Telegraph Sports Book Awards at a very special event!

We launch our new Close the Gap campaign, aimed at closing the literacy gap once and for all.

79 leading businesses have committed to taking action in their local communities to address low literacy levels.

We recently hosted a celebration event at Uplands Primary School to mark the success of our Early Words Together at Three programme in Leicester

Our prison reading programme, Books Unlocked, has just announced the 10 books that participants will have available to read in 2020.

Primary school pupils across England and Wales are being encouraged to write poems based on the theme of ‘ambition’.

The Oscar-winning actress and New York Times best-selling author Lupita N'yongo visited Harris Academy students today to support our Words for Work: Women in Leadership...

We gifted 239,894 books to children across the UK in the past year.

Children's author Konnie Huq is supporting the Where's Wally?fun run this year! She will be at the Olympic Park on race day to cheer on the runners and sign copies of her...

Elise Renshaw of Kingsway Primary School wins The Gruffalo's 20th anniversary writing competition

In partnership with Lancôme we have launched an online platform designed to help young women find the practical resources and guides they need to help secure their first job.