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On Independence Day 2007, Armistead Maupin, one of America’s greatest living gay writers will be appearing at a special event…

To mark the 70th award of the Carnegie Medal, the annual award for children's writers, Philip Pullman has been voted…

As an inveterate browser of bookshops I've only occasionally allowed myself to be sucked in by the 3-for-2 deals on…

Hosted by The Reader in association with Archbishop Blanch High School. If you love reading then you'll love the Readers'…

Michael Rosen, who was appointed Children's Laureate yesterday, is well known as a critic of British education policy, especially when…

When academics and teachers get together one of the most common complaints they have about their students is that "young…

The winners of the Orange Prize were announced last night at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank. Nigerian…

Les Murray, sometimes of this parish, features in this week's New Yorker in a review article by Dan Chiasson. Chiasson…

One theory about how to get people reading is that if you put books in front of them they will…

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Helen Tookey On Saturday The Reader ran a readers’ day at the fantastic Brindley theatre and arts centre in Runcorn,…

by Katie Peters The organisers of the Carnegie gold medal for children’s writing yesterday, librarians’ institute CILIP, last week issued…