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Booktime announces new titles for 2013
Posted 18 April 2013Booktrust and Pearson today announce the new titles for Booktime, which will give two free books to every child starting school in England and Wales in the 2013-14 school year.... Read 'Booktime announces new titles for 2013' -
Actress Tamsin Greig launches Booktime 2012 with the help...
Posted 13 November 2012Nine millionth book to be gifted to encourage children to develop a lifelong love of reading... There is a saying in showbusiness that you should never work with animals and... Read 'Actress Tamsin Greig launches Booktime 2012...' -
Jeremy Strong launches Read for My School at The...
Posted 1 October 20122 comments National schools reading competition to encourage reading for pleasure 100,000 free books for schools to be donated by Pearson Read for My School, the brand new national schools... Read 'Jeremy Strong launches Read for My...' -
Burtenshaw takes the chair
Posted 26 September 2012Former London Book Fair Director calls on publishers to join in campaign to preserve Government funding for bookgifting Alistair Burtenshaw has taken over as Chair of Booktrust, Britain's... Read 'Burtenshaw takes the chair ' -
Three is the magic number
Posted 10 September 2012Booktrust is more used to handing out prizes than receiving them, but this autumn we are in the running for three prestigious awards for our work Booktrust has been shortlisted... Read 'Three is the magic number ' -
Let children read for enjoyment, say children's authors
Posted 25 July 2012A letter to the Guardian from former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, and children's authors including Meg Rosoff, former Booktrust online writer in residence Bali Rai, Philip Ardagh and Alan Gibbons,... Read 'Let children read for enjoyment, say...'
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...services young people need, rather than holding up the armed forces as an easy option so early in life. While...
Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL] — Second Reading
...for all in this programme. There is much that a mentor can discuss, and ways in which he can discuss...
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