Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch has been very popular in our recent prison reading groups. 🌆🔍 One group member read the book twice - ‘well, it’s the first book I’ve ever read twice’. And another said he ‘liked the humour, which was superbly dry.’ Orion Publishing Hachette UK

Thank you so much to Orion Publishing for donating these gorgeous 70th anniversary special editions of The Mousetrap. 🐭🔍 These books will be perfect festive gifts for the prisoners we work with! 🎁 Hachette UK #agathachristie #themousetrap #readingforpleasure #books

As we come to the end of #trusteesweek2024, we celebrate our seven wonderful trustees: Joanne, Adeela, Eleni, Sarah, Sarah, Caroline and Selina. 👏 Take a look at the variety of novels they are currently reading. 👓 Bernardine Evaristo Penguin Books UK Virago Press Hachette UK

Some more of the great books that our trustees are currently reading! 📚 Kristin Hannah Pat Barker Bloomsbury Books UK Penguin Books UK Pan Macmillan #trusteesweek2024 #charity #readingforpleasure 1m

Today is #MichaelRosenDay - a celebration of our national treasure, poet and author, Michael Rosen. 🤍✍️ In partnership with literary charity Read for Good, Michael has launched an inspiring manifesto for reading. Find out more: michaelrosen.co.uk/michaelrosenda… Walker Books 🐻

South Korean TV station EBS recently included us in their series about the power of reading, featuring initiatives from other countries. We were honoured to be involved. 🎦🇰🇷 Watch these clips starring our Director, Sarah Turvey OBE, and former UK prisoner, Louise.

We ran a last minute #storeday yesterday, due to high Christmas demand! ❄️📦 Thank you so much to our volunteer Piers from Ministry of Justice for all his much needed support. 🙌 We packed and sent 30 boxes of books for our projects #BooksforFirstNighters & #BooksintheNick.

Award-winning author, Kate Summerscale, recently visited one of the prisons we work with to talk about her latest book, The Peepshow. 👓🔪 Kate’s take: 'I found it a wonderful experience - such an attentive audience, and such great questions about my work.' Bloomsbury Books UK

We are so excited to share this today! 🙌 Watch the film in full here: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk

Thank you to Daily Express for promoting Ralph Ineson’s important role in our new short film about PrisonReadingGroups. Read here: express.co.uk/news/uk/198240… 📰 Watch the film here: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk 🎥 Media Trust Criminal Justice Alliance Davy Lazare #MediaTrustFilms #prisonreadinggroups

"It made me realise no matter what you go through in life try to make the most out of it." ^ This feedback from a prison reading group member about My Name is Leon by @[email protected] demonstrates why we chose to feature it in our new film. Buy the book here: lnkd.in/eN3DBcGf

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson was a popular choice in one of our recent prison reading groups: "Really enjoying this one and it makes me laugh". "When I’m released, I’ll be doing a walk somewhere myself." Read more: prisonreadinggroups.org.uk/reading-group-… Transworld Books Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚

Take a look at these brilliant books our amazing volunteers are reading! Volunteers help bring our projects to life; whether that’s leading reading groups, picking titles and packing parcels on our store days, or creating content for our project handouts. Thank you! 👏👏

Some more of the books our volunteers are currently reading! 📕📗📘📙 Jo Maugham Boy George #charity #volunteer #readingforpleasure #books

At our final store day of the year we sent out a whopping 90 boxes of (mostly) Christmas-themed books! 🎄📦 This was made possible by the help of our excellent volunteers from IpsosUK, Virgin Media ❤️ & UWLSU, along with our regulars. 🙏 Volunteer: giveabook.org.uk/volunteer/

For December's Book of the Month, we asked the reading group members & education department at HMP YOI Isis what book they would like to give someone for Christmas. 🎁 Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman got the most votes. ⭕❌ Buy the book here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nought…

Merry Christmas week from Prison Reading Groups! Take a look at our winter Raising Readers booklist! 🎄❄️ This project offers parents in prison the chance to choose a book to be sent home to their child.✍ This winter, we sent over 3000 Raising Readers books to 30 prisons. ❤️

Happy New Year from Prison Reading Groups! We were recently sent this lovely drawing by one of the prisoners we work with, after their group read The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper. Here's to a fantastic year of reading ahead. 📚❤️ #readingforpleasure #prisonreform

Voting for the Smiley Charity Film Awards 2025 closes on 29th January! 🎬 Please vote for our short film - Solace and Connection Through Reading - here: smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/solace-a…. This will increase our chances of being shortlisted. Thank you! ❤️ #CFA25 #MediaTrustFilms

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