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Primary school pupils across England and Wales are being encouraged to write poems based on the theme of ‘ambition’.View details about The Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition is back! -
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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...View details about Lupita Nyong’o visits Harris Academy students to support our Words for Work: Women in Leadership programme -
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We gifted 239,894 books to children across the UK in the past year.View details about We publish new report showing the impact of our work -
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Elise Renshaw of Kingsway Primary School wins The Gruffalo's 20th anniversary writing competitionView details about Winner of The Gruffalo’s 20th anniversary writing competition announced! -
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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.View details about In partnership with Lancôme we launch online platform to support young women on the path to employment -
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The latest PISA results have now been released. Published by the OECD, they look at the reading skills of around 600,000 15-year-olds from 79 countries across the world.View details about PISA 2018 England report release -
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Reluctant reader turned children’s author, Tom Palmer, has won the Ruth Rendell Award 2019 for his efforts to champion literacy throughout the UK over the past year.View details about Tom Palmer wins Ruth Rendell Award 2019 for outstanding contribution to literacy -
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Joanna Prior has been elected as Vice Chair of our board of Trustees, we announced today.View details about We appoint new Vice Chair of Trustees, Managing Director of Penguin General Joanna Prior -
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We published new research today which revealed that 383,775 children in the UK don’t have a single book of their own.View details about Help us support the 383,775 children who don’t have a book this Christmas -
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Young people in custody who participate in our Inside Stories programme have had their writing illustrated by cartoon and comic arts students from Staffordshire University.View details about Turning prisoners’ stories into art -
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We have launched a new programme to boost the reading skills and life chances of excluded young people through the power of football, called Game Changers.View details about Levelling the playing field for excluded students -
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Nine-year-old Fern Brindle from Derbyshire has won the 2019 Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize.View details about This year’s Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize winner announced! -
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Her Royal Highness joined Booker Prize authors and prison librarians, to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the National Literacy Trust’s Books Unlocked programme.View details about HRH The Duchess of Cornwall celebrates the seventh anniversary of Books Unlocked -
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We launched our latest Literacy Hub in Doncaster this week.View details about Doncaster Stories launches with town-wide book giveaway -
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Bestselling author Adele Parks has today pledged to spread a love of reading throughout her home town as she takes on a new role as ambassador of our Middlesbrough Reads campaign.View details about Bestselling author Adele Parks becomes a Middlesbrough Reads ambassador -
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We have partnered with the University of Birmingham to launch the new Birmingham Stories campaign.View details about Birmingham Stories launches with the support of local role models -
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Children and their parents from Abingdon Primary School were invited to Riverside Stadium, the home of Middlesbrough FC, to take part in the first ever NewsWise family festivalView details about NewsWise family festival tour kicks off at Middlesbrough FC -
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Bradford schools and communities celebrate the launch of the Bradford Stories Festival.View details about We launch Bradford Stories Festival to celebrate five years of work in the city -
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Sunday 8 September is International Literacy Day, organised by the UN. This year, we’re asking for your help and support.View details about Help us change a child’s life story for International Literacy Day -
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Year 6 pupil, Ben, from Manor Primary School in Merseyside has won our Roy of the Rovers motto writing competition with his winning words, “Work Hard, Win Well”.View details about Ben from Merseyside nets new club motto for Melchester Rovers after winning our Roy of the Rovers competition! -
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We’ve pulled together a bundle of summer activities to help children make the most of the holidays, while also boosting their literacy skills.View details about Your summer holiday activity bundle