Exciting news: our main Pupil Competition is now open! We're looking for your most inspired and creative response to one of our shortlisted books, in any format you like. Deadline: 2 June 2025. Full details on our website: sparkbookawards.co.uk/schools/pupil-…

📣 Check your inboxes - our April newsletter is out! ✨📚 Get your monthly fix of all things #RfP: Author in the Spotlight Jennifer Bell, Top Texts, RfP research, news, events & more! 💙 Sign up here 👉 ourfp.org/newsletter-sig…

Couldn’t get a better Easter gift!! Thank you ⁦Teresa Cremin⁩ - I’ll get reading! 📚📚📚 ⁦Reading for Pleasure 🧶⁩ ⁦⁦Kelly Ashley #WordPower⁩

Our April ✨#AuthorintheSpotlight✨ is Jennifer Bell! 📚💙 Jennifer's debut novel 'The Uncommoners: The Crooked Sixpence' was an international bestseller, and 'Wonderscape' was selected as a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month. Find out more here 👉 ow.ly/jfSM50Vynpg

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 📚💖

📣Primary School Leaders! The OU's Reading Schools Programme (now in its 8th year!) helps embed Reading for Pleasure across your school, boosting engagement & attainment 🚀📚 FREE briefings: May 1st & 21st, 4-5pm Register 👉 ow.ly/3eKR50VBIrT #UKEdChat #SchoolImprovement

In our author spotlight today, Steve Mushin introduces the brilliant 'Ultrawild' - an inventor's sketchbook of audacious ideas for rewilding cities and tackling climate change - shortlisted in the Spark! 2025 Non-Fiction Category. #EarthDay2025 youtu.be/XIIglD0xBoc?fe…

What a way to wrap up an incredible series of author live events, Kim Kinloch x @kimberleykinloch.bsky.social ! Thank you so much Spark! School Book Awards, we have thoroughly enjoyed them all! #GEMSreads

📣 Primary School Leaders: Join 400+ schools nationwide benefiting from this evidence-informed year-long programme boosting #ReadingforPleasure & attainment 💙 📅 FREE online briefing: Wed 21 May, 4–5pm 👉 Register: ow.ly/Cs8E50VV7hl #UKEdChat #SchoolImprovement #RfP

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Hello. It’s less than two weeks until THE DAWN OF ADONIS is released. The Queen of historical fiction, Emma Carroll, has been really kind about it. If you could support me with a pre-order, or a rt, that would be immense. Thanks ever so x

Let the voting commence! 🗳️ It's time for pupils to vote for their favourite Spark! School Book Awards books! #GEMSreads

Do apply for a free inclusive book box for your school! inclusivebooksforchildren.org/book-box deadline 18th July . Children deserve to see themselves in books!

Delighted to see the Coventry Festival Booknic went so well! Thanks Debbie Thomas for supporting this and to all who enjoyed it! 👇👇👇🌞

British Library Laura Chesover highlighting the rich vision and co- creation work here Wandle English Hub Debbie Thomas Kelly Ashley #WordPower Respect. Reading for Pleasure 🧶 it’s all FREE!

Privileged to share Miriam Lord Primary School ‘s library journey shaped by Reading for Pleasure 🧶 & supported by #WorldOfStories—at the OURfPS&S final presentations & National Literacy Trust Network Meeting yesterday. Grateful to learn with such passionate colleagues Teresa Cremin Jasmine Tucker Emma Taylor

Thank you so much for my present ⁦maryroseg⁩ ! It’s just perfect for me! #lefties ⁦Reading for Pleasure 🧶⁩ ⁦Kelly Ashley #WordPower⁩ ⁦Teresa Cremin⁩