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"This isn't something that's just nice or lovely. It's something fundamental to becoming a human being." Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights

We were delighted to host the #ReadingRights summit with Frank Cottrell-Boyce today. It was a pleasure to have such expert, passionate voices in the room and we're excited to take these conversations forward with the publication of our Reading Rights report in the spring.

Read It Forward is GO! Buy ANY children’s book via Bookshop.org during February and we’ll donate 10% of the sale to the leading children’s reading charities, BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust 📚 Every sale supports independent bookshops 📚 bit.ly/RIFEB25

Thank you, Quarto Kids, for a beary fun lunchtime event with excited schoolkids celebrating 10 years of the brilliant The Bear and the Piano. David Litchfield and his 5-piece bear band delighted us with bear songs, a book reading and a drawalong. The Year 2s loved it. BookTrust

Publishing and booky people. Please support 35 diverse, debut children’s illustrators to present an exhibition of their work on a climate change theme at London Book Fair 2025! They are crowdfunding for a chance to kickstart their careers: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pathwayslbf2…

Last night’s #ibcawards2025 was an important, passionate celebration of children’s books that reflect our richly diverse society. Well done to the winners: Mel Nyoko & Joelle Avelino; Blessing Musariri & Maisie Paradise Shearring; and Adeola Sokunbi! Inclusive Books for Children BookTrust

There are a few days left to support these amazing, hardworking illustrators!

I’m looking forward to #LBF25 tomorrow & Wednesday, hearing about children’s publishers’ latest books and telling them about BookTrust’s recent activity. Do say hi if you see me! Also, please pop by stand 7BO3 to see the work of 33 talented debut illustrators. (Sign ’em up!)

George and I had an energising, busy #londonbookfair2025 seeing many familiar faces. Colleagues from BookTrust are there today, supporting the Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce who is Author of the Day! The more public conversations about children’s books, the better. The London Book Fair, 11-13 March 2025

Welcome Camilla Reid as BookTrust's first Baby-and-Toddler #WriterinResidence - very excited as I take baby books very seriously indeed & have had deep conversations with Camilla on this including on stage with Steve Antony Sanchita Basu De Sarkar (Hon) FRSL and Alex Sevenoaks Bookshop! Let's do this!

Camilla knows so much about books for babies and toddlers, and how crucial - and fun! - they are. We’re thrilled to have her as our new Writer in Residence.

Thrilled to represent BookTrust at a delicious dinner with Peter Burns and Farshore last night at the atmospheric 30s style Wolseley City. Pete’s debut MG Shadow Thieves contains assassins, spies, politicos & thieves in an alternative 1930s. Which would you be?!

Gorgeous launch for Mirror Magic by uber-talented Sharon King-Chai. Thank you Two Hoots and Sanchita at the Children’s Bookshop in Muswell Hill. These are truly innovative baby books - and so perfectly springlike (for today in London anyway!) BookTrust

Teachers! Join us at this FREE webinar on Thursday at 4pm - or sign up to get the recording later on. Don’t miss MC Grammar Becky Goddard-Hill and teacher Kiran Satti discussing how to boost the wellbeing of pupils through books.

Delighted to go to the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize awards last night. Congratulations to Nathanael Lessore, Carlos Sanchez and Mikey Please on your wins. And Mikey Please on the overall prize! Lovely speech - including impromptu Spanish! - from Frank Cottrell-Boyce too. #WCBP25

Some of our Books team have had a busy first day at Bologna Book Fair. They’ve enjoyed meeting publishers to discuss BookTrust’s programmes and our Great Books Guide, and hearing about exciting new books.

Our Books team had another busy day at Bologna Book Fair - this time with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Frank was joined by fellow Laureates from around the globe for a fascinating discussion!

Huge congratulations to the six talented debut authors on the shortlist for the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward We are delighted to highlight these refreshingly different voices and stories. 🎉🙌💐 Find out more about the authors and their books: branfordboaseaward.org.uk/shortlist-2025/

A fabulous shortlist!

This report is inspiring, vital and practical. Plus, it has beautiful illustrations by chris riddell in it! Well worth a read.