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Book Club Hub - Book Club User Guide

"The Book Club Hub":https://bit.ly/41CqjBl is a platform connecting readers and book clubs of all ages across the UK. It is managed by national reading charity, The Reading Agency.

The Book Club Hub offers book club leaders access to free offers from publishers and prizes in return for… read more

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• Summer Reading Challenge
• Reading Groups for Everyone
• Reading Hack
• Reading Ahead
• Reading Friends
• Chatterbooks
• Teachers Reading Challenge
• Young People
• Reading Well

Book Club Hub - Librarian and Teacher User Guide

"The Book Club Hub":https://bit.ly/41CqjBl is a platform connecting readers and book clubs of all ages across the UK. It is managed by national reading charity, The Reading Agency.

The Book Club Hub offers book teachers and librarians the support of providing free copies to their clubs in… read more

• published
• Summer Reading Challenge
• Reading Groups for Everyone
• Reading Hack
• Reading Ahead
• Reading Friends
• Chatterbooks
• Teachers Reading Challenge
• Young People
• Reading Well

How to start a book club

"The Book Club Hub":https://bit.ly/41CqjBl is a platform connecting readers and book clubs of all ages across the UK. It is managed by national reading charity, The Reading Agency.

The Book Club Hub offers book club leaders access to free offers from publishers and prizes in return for… read more

• published
• Reading Groups for Everyone

And So I Roar by Abi Daré – Library and Book Club Resources

Four years after The Girl with the Louding Voice captured half a million hearts worldwide, Abi Daré returns with a stunning, heart-wrenching new novel.

And So I Roar begins in Lagos, Nigeria, when a sudden knock at the gate in the middle of the night threatens to unravel everything plucky… read more

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• Reading Groups for Everyone

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie - Book Club Kit

Oneworld have created a Book Club Kit for His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie. His Only Wife is a captivating debut and a Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick!

‘Vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.’ Daily Mail

In one of the most talked about and hilarious debuts of the year, Afi… read more

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• Reading Groups for Everyone

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Reading Guide

Faber have created a reading guide to one of the BBC’s '100 novels that shaped our world', and the Guardian called ‘a modern classic’. The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath’s only novel, is partially based on Plath’s own life. It has been celebrated for its darkly funny and razor sharp portrait of 1950s… read more

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• Reading Groups for Everyone

Radio 2 Book Club titles April-June 2021

Here are all the titles recommended by the Radio 2 Book Club on the Steve Wright in the Afternoon Show from April to June 2021.

These books were chosen in collaboration with librarians in the UK. You can find out more "on our website":https://readingagency.org.uk/radio-2/. read more

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• Reading Groups for Everyone

Awesomely Austen - Book Club Pack

Meet your new favourite heroines – they’re bold, brilliant and totally awesome!

Fresh, funny and accessible retellings of Jane Austen's classic stories, with witty black and white illustrations throughout. The perfect way to discover Austen for the first time, this bright and bold collection… read more

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• Chatterbooks

How to run a virtual reading group with children and young people

Are you wondering how your reading group can continue to meet, even while you’re social distancing? With restricted access to public and school libraries many children and families at home are looking for activities to keep children entertained. We know that books are so important to provide… read more

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• Reading Hack
• Chatterbooks

How to host a virtual book club with your class article

Are you wondering how your reading group can continue to meet, even while you’re social
distancing? With so many children and families at home, we know that books are so important to
provide comfort, solace and escapism. Staying connected and keeping your regular reading group
meetings in your… read more

• published
• Summer Reading Challenge
• Chatterbooks

Awesomely Austen Book Club Pack

Meet your new favourite heroines – they’re bold, brilliant and totally awesome!

Fresh, funny and accessible retellings of Jane Austen's classic stories, with witty black and white illustrations throughout. The perfect way to discover Austen for the first time, this bright and bold collection… read more

• draft
• Chatterbooks