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  • Giveaway!

    Sunday, January 26, 2020

    We're celebrating the next book in the Dragon in the Library series by Louie Stowell (Nosy Crow Books) with a giveaway of the first book PLUS the latest book, The Monster in the Lake!

  • Finish this story

    Friday, January 24, 2020

    Aged under 19? Enjoy writing longer stories of up to 1,000 words? Then why not enter the 2020 Henrietta Branford Writing Competition?

  • 500 Words 2020

    Saturday, January 11, 2020

    The BBC's 500 Words 2020 writing competition for children aged 5-13 years opens for entries on 16th January and will run through to 27th February.

  • Library case studies

    Saturday, January 11, 2020

    Campaign group Great School Libraries is looking for case studies to share showing the impact school libraries can have on whole school learning and the enjoyment of reading.

  • WICKED Young Writers Awards

    Saturday, January 11, 2020

    Young writers aged 5-25 years have until 2nd March to submit stories of up to 750 words for the Wicked Young Writers Awards, and to enter the non-fiction award For Good. The deadline is Monday 2nd March 2020.

  • MG Leonard book group giveaway

    Saturday, January 11, 2020

    We have sets of MG Leondard and Sam Sedgeman's new book, The Highland Falcon Thief (Macmillan Children's Books), to give away in exchange for reviews for ReadingZone.

  • Lost in space....

    Lost in space....

    Author Videos

    Wednesday, January 8, 2020

    Expect space travel, space pirates and children lost in space in this gripping sci-fi adventure! Author ALASTAIR CHISHOLM tells us more about ORION LOST (Nosy Crow Books).

  • Nothing Ever Happens Here...

    Wednesday, January 8, 2020

    Izzy thinks that nothing ever happens in Littlehaven, the ordinary town where she has grown up with her ordinary family. Then her parents tell them that her father will be transitioning into a woman. Now, everything will change....