We are excited to announce that the Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024 is KINDNESS 😊 🔗 Find out more and read the full report: ow.ly/maPQ50UK49H Oxford University Press #OxfordCWOTY #CWOTY2024

Are you ready to Power Up Your Pedagogy! Hear from expert speakers as they share evidence-based approaches to supercharge your English teaching at this year's National Primary English Conference. Book your place today: 👉 kntn.ly/9990b545 Charlotte Hacking HertsPrimaryEnglish

Do you have #graphicnovel and #manga fans in your school? There's still time to sign them up to help pick the winners of this year's @ExcelsiorAward Check out the shortlists and register your Reading and Rating group: kntn.ly/dd0aae4d @lucy_braidley Richard Ruddick

It is publication day! 😁⬇️

Just one week to go! Am looking forward to hearing from all the amazing speakers in this year's lineup. Have you bought your ticket yet? 👇👇

We're SUPER excited to announce that our Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2025 shortlist is here! ✨ Chosen by our marvellous booksellers across the country, discover the amazing shortlisted authors and illustrators: bit.ly/3w9ZuZb #WCBP25

The #CLiPPA 2025 judging panel was announced today, chaired by Roger Mcgough and including last year's winner Matt Goodfellow Schools can register now to take part in the excellent CLPE shadowing scheme. You can find out all about it here: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/1RW5-1EPE/cl… #poetry

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Looking forward to diving in to the shortlists for this year’s The Carnegies 🥳 Don't forget there’s still time to sign up for this year's Shadowing Scheme. 🎉🎉Congratulations to all the authors and illustrators! literacyhive.org/yoto-carnegies…

Out now! #BfK271 our March issue. Authorgraph interview Jenny McLachlan, Windows into #Illustration by Greg Stobbs, new Beyond the Secret Garden,new Picture This, plus more interviews, features, comment & of course LOTS of children's book reviews #KidLit📚 booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-271-…

They're here! Announced this morning: the shortlists for the UKLA #UKLA25 #teachersbookawards 👏 Congratulations to all the authors and illustrators on the lists and 💐 to this year's team of #teacher judges. booksforkeeps.co.uk/shortlists-ann…

It's nearly time! We run this event every 2 years with the intention of bringing together the most informed voices on improving reading, with a focus on reading fluency. We have a superb line-up of speakers poised to share their knowledge on this important topic. Please join us!

Thrilled to be one of the judges for this year's The Week Junior Book Awards. With 13 award categories, #TheWeekJuniorBookAwards have something for everyone. Find out more here 👇👇 theweekjuniorbookawards.co.uk Can't wait to start reading 📚💖

LONDON! #TEACHERS! How lucky are you? We still have room for ONE class for Frank Cottrell-Boyce AND TWO classes with #JosephCoelho & Fiona Lumbers at our FREE Schools Programme Beck Theatre UB3 2UE on Friday 6 June. Book for your class right now barneskidslitfest.org/schools-2025...

Have you seen the shortlists for this year’s #TheWeekJuniorBookAwards? From books on skateboarding to graphic novels, the 13 award categories cater for a wide range of reading interests, helping you build an engaging library for all your young readers: kntn.ly/6dccfcc6

Tickets are starting to sell out for this year's autumn tour! ✨ World-class children's authors, illustrators & poets 📕 FREE book for every child Don't miss out, join us with your class 👉 bit.ly/3ZwRAow Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 Frank Cottrell-Boyce Catherine Rayner CatherineJohnson

All the latest book award news and resources to help you engage young readers over the summer in this last edition of Reading Matters.👇👇 A huge thank you to Anne Thompson for her careful curation over the years.

Announced today! 2026 to be a National Year of Reading - a campaign to engage new audiences in reading and encourage reading for pleasure. 👇👇

Margaret McDonald adds the #branfordboaseaward to her impressive collection of book award wins for her moving coming-of-age novel Glasgow Boys, sharing the prestigious prize with her editors Alice Swan and Ama Badu. Faber Books Congratulations to all! kntn.ly/14c77df5

It was an honour to be one of the judges for the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition 2025. Well done to everyone who took up the challenge to 'make us laugh'. And huge congratulations to all this year's winners: 👉 kntn.ly/9a2516a4 Keep writing!