https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmOM-x9l83c Watch our award-winning film to find out why our book clubs aren’t just about books. Ben, a school librarian, shared how our book clubs help pupils in his school: “Book clubbers have demonstrated higher levels of engagement with the school library and more positive attitudes to...
Our latest reviews have something for all ages. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did! What are your reading recommendations? Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas, suitable for ages 9+ Review by Ali Palmer of BCiS I really enjoyed...
Thanks to funding from the People’s Postcode Lottery, we created a pilot project to run book clubs with an animation project in two Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) in 2020/21. We began the project in Francis Barber PRU in Wandsworth and the Manchester PRU in January 2020....
We are very excited to announce that Summer Book Club is back for 2023! In 2022, over 120 schools signed up to the project, and we are aiming to get more involved this year. Summer Book Club has run successfully for two years, with well-received book...
Our What To Read Now blog has had a bit of a break, but it's back with a bang with three storming reads for young people. Do let us know what you've been reading recently. We might even feature your review here! Tyger – SF...
This year’s Dyslexia Awareness Week falls from 3 to 9 October. So, for our What To Read Now we’re revisiting some brilliant Barrington Stoke books. We’re huge fans of Barrington Stoke, who for 20 years have been publishing super-readable, accessible books that are ideal for...
We were all on the edge of our seats, soaking up every word from Jason and Alex that afternoon in Brixton Library. If you couldn’t make it, read on: school librarian, Alison Muirhead has written a brilliant blog for us about the event. Midweek, mid-August,...
Monsters Born and Made by Tanvi Berwah Alison Palmer reviews the South Asian inspired debut fantasy, suitable for 13+ The book starts with an intriguing sentence: ‘We hunt when the world sleeps’. The action begins with a dive into the watery world of the hunters who capture...
This month we're reviewing Tom Palmer's much-anticipated new novel Resist, due out on 4 August; Into the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner, the author of the Serpent King; and Skin of the Sea, one of Ali Palmer's favourite reads of 2021, which has made the...
It’s a bumper edition of What To Read Now this month. We have five books to recommend for ages between 8 and 16+ - so many great books are out right now and we hope you love them as much as we do. What...