Spark Reading: useful information and FAQs

Learn about the Spark Reading programme in more detail, including what the pack includes and how much it costs.

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We hope that you’ll find the answer to your questions on this page. If not, then please get in touch using the contact details at the bottom. 

About Spark Reading

What’s included in the pack?

  • Five group reading sets – including six copies of each book (30 copies in total), printed Reading Guides with discussion points and activity ideas, and online author videos with further information on each book
  • Ten further titles across a range of genres – each specifically picked to build reading enjoyment
  • A programme guide with support and guidance for running the sessions plus posters to create eye-catching displays

The cost of the Spark Reading pack

The Spark Reading pack costs £220. This means a saving of at least 30% off the cover price of each book plus you’ll receive all the additional group reading resources and support.

Once you sign up, an invoice will automatically be generated and emailed to the coordinator registering and the person stated as the invoice contact at the time of sign up. Full payment instructions are included on the invoice. See the information below for more detail.

You can purchase more than one pack. Please contact the Spark Reading team on [email protected] or 020 7801 8800 to arrange this. 

How we select the books

The titles have been carefully selected by an expert panel of librarians and practising teachers to represent the best of modern fiction and non-fiction.

The panel spend many hours reading longlisted books and gathering together to discuss and deliberate on which ones should be included.

Registration and payment

There are a limited number of packs available, so we will close sign up once the total number have been purchased.

If you are ordering now, your pack will be delivered within 5 working days of placing your order and the invoice being paid.

You must pay your invoice before your pack will be sent out.

An invoice will automatically be generated and emailed to the person stated as the invoice contact at the time of sign up. We recommend that you download the invoice and print it off immediately.

The invoice can be paid by BACS, cheque or credit card. Full payment instructions are included on the invoice.

Alternatively, you can pay by credit card over the phone by calling us on 020 7801 8800. You will then be sent an order acknowledgment confirming payment has been received.

You must pay your invoice before your pack will be sent out.

When you purchase the Spark Reading pack you will already be saving at least 30% on the cover price of the books, so no further discounts will be available.

Get in touch

If you have any questions or comments about the Spark Reading pack that are not answered on this page, please contact the Spark Reading team at BookTrust.

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 020 7801 8800