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Teachers' Reading Challenge Comms Toolkit

School and library staff, as well as our partner organisations, can use this toolkit as guidance to promoting the Teachers' Reading Challenge. read more

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Publisher Spotlight: Vintage Crime

Vintage Crime would like to introduce you to your next crime fiction obsession! We are giving away packs of six thrilling murder mysteries, from bestselling and award-winning crime authors including Jo Nesbo, Susan Hill, Denise Mina and Abir Mukherjee. Each book is the first in a detective series… read more

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The Reading Agency’s June booklist for Adults – Sports & Games

The Summer Reading Challenge launches soon and this year we're teaming up with children's charity, the Youth Sport Trust, for "Ready, Set, Read!":https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/readysetread-bc-landing, focused on reading, sport and play. To help adults join in with all of the fun, we have… read more

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Dawnlands by Phillipa Gregory - digital assets

In a divided country, power and loyalty conquer all…

Discover the new historical novel from Philippa Gregory, the Number One bestselling author of Tidelands and Dark Tides. A compelling and powerful story of political intrigue and personal ambition, set between the palaces of London, the… read more

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WELSH Comments Cards: Ready, Set, Read!

You can use these comment cards to collect feedback on the Summer Reading Challenge.

This resource contains two files: comment cards for children, and comment cards for parents/carers.

Please note, this is the Welsh-language version of this resource.

Please note: this is a locked… read more

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The Escape Artist - digital resources

<b>Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month for June 2023

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2022

A Radio 4 Book of the Week

About <i>The Escape Artist</i></b>

Anne Frank. Primo Levi. Oskar Schindler. Rudolf Vrba.

In April 1944 nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba… read more

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Comments Cards: Ready, Set, Read!

You can use these comment cards to collect feedback on the Summer Reading Challenge.

This resource contains two files: comment cards for children, and comment cards for parents/carers.

Please note: this is a locked resource for library authorities participating in the Summer Reading… read more

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National Crime Reading Month with Faber

<b>Faber is one of the world’s great independent publishing houses. Since they were founded in 1929, they have sought to find the very best writers and they are proud to publish the foremost voices in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, film and children’s books.</b>

In 2022, Faber won Crime… read more

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The Great Read/Write Together

This resource pack will help you to celebrate the Great Read/Write Together, as part of the Great Get Together (23-25 June), an initiative run by the Jo Cox Foundation. read more

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Loneliness Awareness Week 2023: library toolkit

A toolkit to support libraries to get involved in Loneliness Awareness Week, 12-18 June 2023.

The toolkit provides:
• key facts on loneliness
• resources for promoting Reading Well, Reading Friends, Mood-boosting Books and Reading Groups for Everyone
• library display and activity ideas
•… read more

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Reading Friends Dementia Feedback Tool (Welsh)

This has been translated into Welsh.

This evaluation tool can be used with people who are living with dementia. It's useful for people who cannot fill in surveys or for whom surveys aren’t appropriate. It can help capture ‘in the moment’ thoughts, feelings, comments, quotes and stories from… read more

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Small Miracles by Anne Booth - Reading Guide

Three nuns play the lottery to save their failing convent, resulting in a story of friendship, community, faith and love.

The 1990s are proving tough for the convent. The order of the Sisters of Saint Philomena is down to its three last nuns. The place that Sisters Margaret, Bridget and… read more

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