What Teachers Gain from the Teachers’ Reading Challenge
Keeping up with the latest children’s literature can be a challenge for busy teachers. That’s where the Teachers’ Reading Challenge…
News and Stories
Read Around the World: Why Your Book Club Should Explore Global Voices
Noa Rabits is completing her MA in Publishing at Kingston University and working with The Reading Agency as their Marketing…
Maela’s Story
This blog contains references to pregnancy loss and birth trauma. Reading Well for families recommends helpful reading to support parents and…
How to Keep Children Reading Over Summer: Why Teachers Champion the Summer Reading Challenge
Case Study from Tanya Du Bery, Year 6 Teacher and KS2 English Lead, and Grace Mulberry, Class Teacher and Early…
How Tom Gates got a child with vision impairment hooked on the Summer Reading Challenge
Thousands of children across the UK will be heading to their local libraries this summer to take part in the…
How Children Help Shape the Summer Reading Challenge: The Power of Co-Production
Each year, the Summer Reading Challenge is built with children, not just for them. Co-production is an integral part of…
21 Library Services Selected to Lead National Expansion of Summer Reading Challenge
The Reading Agency has today announced that 21 library authorities across the UK have been selected as the first recipients…
Titles from Grace Dent, Nigel Slater, Madhur Jaffrey, Barbara Kingsolver, Stanley Tucci, Joanne Harris and Asako Yuzuki feature in the ‘Big Tasty Read’ from BBC Arts and The Reading Agency – inspiring people to read through the pleasure of food
Prompted by research from The Reading Agency which shows that half of adults don’t read regularly, the Big Tasty Read…
Build a Class of Readers with Teachers’ Reading Challenge 2025!
The Teachers’ Reading Challenge is back for 2025, launching today and running until 31 October. This transformative professional development initiative,…
Stories for a Greener Future: Reading, Imagination, and the Environment
A few weeks ago at Hay Festival, I had the pleasure of hearing Brogen Murphy speak about their new novel,…
The Society of Authors announces the 2025 winners for the ADCI Literary Prize, the Gordon Bowker Volcano Prize and the Queen’s Knickers Award
‘Here is humour, mystery, intrigue, pathos and more’ – The Society of Authors announced the winners for their awards including…
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