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  • Mortal Engines film on target for 2018 release

    Saturday, August 12, 2017

    Filming in New Zealand for the Mortal Engines film - based on Philip Reeves's book - has ended and the film is on schedule for its release at the end of next year - 14th December 2014, to be precise.

  • Bookish dates for your calendar

    Saturday, August 12, 2017

    We've been looking ahead to some of the book-related and themed dates you might want to support in your schools and libraries - from National Doodle Day to Non-fiction November!

  • Julian Clary & David Roberts on funny children's books

    Saturday, August 12, 2017

    Television presenter and author Julian Clary talks about drawing on his family 'who were always telling jokes' as inspiration for his series, The Bolds (Andersen Press), while illustrator David Roberts shows us how he drew the hyenas that star in the books.

  • Free books for children in Scotland

    Wednesday, August 9, 2017

    The shortlist for the 2018 Bookbug Picture Book Prize has been announced and every Reception child in Scotland will receive a copy of the three shortlisted picture books.

  • A story about a perfect town

    Wednesday, August 9, 2017

    In A Place Called Perfect, everything seems to be just that - but not is all as it seems... With the help of her new best friend, Boy, Violet must uncover the secrets of the town called Perfect - or risk losing her family, forever.

  • National Poetry Day

    Tuesday, August 8, 2017

    This year's National Poetry Day - an annual celebration of poetry - is taking place on Thursday 28th September.

  • Look Beyond Your World

    Monday, July 24, 2017

    ReadingZone has joined with Macmmillan to celebrate the publisher's Look Beyond Your World campaign by offering the books included in the campaign to teacher and librarian reviewers this summer! There are also discussion notes available for each book.

  • Non fiction to review this summer!

    Monday, July 17, 2017

    We can't wait to share these brilliant books about science, STEM projects, fun maths and optical illusions with teachers and librarians this summer. Would you like to review these books for us?