National Poetry Day (5 October) is a day to share, read and even write poetry. To celebrate, we've put together some of our favourite poetry picks.
You can buy the books from "Bookshop.org":https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/the-reading-agency-s-october-booklist-2023-poetry.
<b>Looking to share… read more
Simon and Schuster are providing digital resources to support activity in your library for Libraries Week 2023.
This includes videos from Love Your Libraries illustrators, activity sheets and Love Your Library/Libraries Week digital assets.
<b>COMPETITION</b>
To be in with a chance of… read more
This document gives your library service information to share with commissioners to raise support and funding to cover project costs. It aligns the benefits of Reading Friends with Commissioners’ priorities. If you have received local evaluation summary data from the Reading Friends team, you can… read more
You can use these ground rules as a guide or change as necessary for your group. read more
The reach and impact from 2022-23 of Reading Friends. Please do share. read more
As part of teachers' Reading Challenge 2023, our friends at RNIB have helped us put together a booklist with books suitable for a range of ages, all featuring blind or partially sighted characters. Most of these are #OwnVoices titles too, in that they were written in the authentic voices of blind… read more
A reading guide plus extract for When You Lose it by Gay Longworth.
About the book
Roxy was 13 years old when she was coerced then blackmailed into sending explicit photos, which were spread around her school. The shame led to self-loathing. The blame led to a psychotic breakdown…. read more
We have created this document to make it as easy as possible for you to promote your own Reading Friends projects. This resource contains information, suggestions, templates and links to resources to help you. read more
National Coding Week is an annual event that aims to help adults, young people and children with learning digital skills. National Coding Week will be happening from the 18-24 September so we are celebrating our favourite books that have strong themes to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and… read more
Don’t miss the next emotionally gripping thriller from <i>Sunday Times</i> bestseller Susan Lewis!
<b>THE STORY…</b>
The first chapter of a manuscript arrives on Publisher Marina’s desk. She assumes it’s just another novel by another aspiring writer…
<b>THE SECRET…</b>
As the chapters… read more