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The Read On. Get On. coalition, for which we hold the secretariat, has today launched a new robust measure of children’s reading at age 11 in England.View details about Read On. Get On. coalition launches robust measure of children’s reading at age 11 -
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Cressida Cowell has won the coveted Ruth Rendell Award 2017 for her tireless championing of literacy throughout the UK.View details about Cressida Cowell crowned UK literacy champion as she wins Ruth Rendell Award 2017 -
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Cressida Cowell leads our Christmas Stories campaign to give a disadvantaged child their very first book this Christmas.View details about 1 in 8 disadvantaged children in the UK don’t own a single book -
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Families had the chance to take home free books at Stockton’s highly anticipated Christmas lights switch on, thanks to the Read North East campaign.View details about Brightening up story time with free books at Stockton Sparkles -
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On Tuesday 28 November, our Patron Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall visited Stoke-on-Trent to celebrate the work of our Hub in the city with school children, authors and...View details about Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall supports our campaign to improve literacy levels in Stoke-on-Trent -
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Pupils from schools across the UK came together this week to take part in our first ever Skills Academy celebration day.View details about We celebrate the achievements of students taking part in Skills Academy -
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We have published a new research review today which shows that reading personalised print books with young children could help them develop their early literacy, language and...View details about Our new research review shows that personalised print books could boost children’s early literacy skills -
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Read what Middlesbrough FC fan Charley thought about her Read North East book in her review.View details about Football fan gives a rave Read North East review -
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We are delighted to have partnered with Walker Books to create a Literacy Toolkit which businesses can gift to a local primary school or community group.View details about Businesses encouraged to support children’s reading in their local area by gifting a Literacy Toolkit -
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The National Literacy Trust and Bloomsbury Publishing have announced the winners of the Short Story Prize.View details about Budding writers become published authors with the Short Story Prize -
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We were joined by UK business leaders in London last night to launch the National Literacy Forum’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2018.View details about Business leaders gather in London to launch Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2018 -
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10-year-old Daniel Stockwell from Leicestershire has won the prestigious Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize for 2017 with his letter, Woof from Antarctica.View details about 10-year-old Daniel scoops prestigious Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize 2017 -
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As Middlesbrough FC took on local rivals Sunderland FC in the North East derby on Sunday 5 November, families at the game were able to choose from a selection of children’s books to...View details about Free books for football fans at the Riverside stadium -
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We have received a £197,000 donation from the Morrisons Foundation to support a programme of activity to help boost literacy levels in Bradford.View details about Our literacy campaign in Bradford gets £197,000 funding boost -
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We are delighted to announce the list of 30 stories that will be submitted to our panel of judges.View details about The Short Story Prize longlist is revealed -
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Man Booker Prize shortlisted author David Mitchell visited HMP Brixton to take part in a prison reading group, as part of our Books Unlocked programme.View details about Author David Mitchell visits Brixton prison as part of Books Unlocked -
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In partnership with the Premier League, we have just launched Premier League Writing Stars, a poetry competition for children aged five to 11.View details about New Premier League Writing Stars competition blends football and poetry -
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We are working with Amazon UK to give students across the UK the chance to become published authors through the Young Storyteller initiative.View details about Our Young Storyteller initiative with Amazon gives pupils the chance to be published writers -
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A unique LEGO® brick build of Charlie, good-hearted hero of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, will be on display at Manchester Central Library, as part of the Read Manchester...View details about Manchester Central Library to host LEGO® Charlie for Roald Dahl Day -
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Our new report stresses that children and young people in England do not have the critical literacy skills they need to identify fake news.View details about England’s children do not have the critical literacy skills to identify fake news