🎧 The Finale: Part 6 of THE READING CRISIS is live! 📙 We asked @dapsdraws @SitaBrahmachari @Louiestowell & more: What is the ONE thing you’d do to support reading? From library funding to rethinking the "space" to read, here are the answers. 📚✨
Listen: https://loom.ly/9nVBl9w #ReadingForPleasure
🎧 Step into the wild world of Grimwood! 🦊 We’re chatting with @NadiaShireen about her latest book, Rock the Vote! (now in paperback), her creative process, and the very important topic of Titus’s favorite cake. 🍰
Listen here: https://loom.ly/sPVSey4
#Grimwood #KidLit #MostlyBookTalk
Looks good! Are you up for joining us for a Carnegie shortlist episode again this year?
My daughter shared ‘I want everything!’ with her Squirrels group (the youngest Scout section) and it went down very well - so real life endorsement from the most important readers too! #KidLitUK #UKKidLit
@sophyhenn.bsky.social
🎧 "I want EVERYTHING!" Sound familiar? 🍦 Sophy Henn joins Mostly Book Talk to chat about her new picture book, the latest Cheesy Bob graphic novel, and fan-favourites like Pizazz and Bad Nana! 📚✨
Listen here: https://loom.ly/acZuYig
#KidLit #MostlyBookTalk
🎧 The Reading Crisis: Part 5 is live!
We're exploring how to support reading for pleasure through author engagement, family involvement & community spaces.
Featuring insights from Dapo Adeola, Sita Brahmachari, Louie Stowell & top literacy experts! 📚✨
Listen: https://loom.ly/beVjCIw
📚 We’re joined by Sarah Crossan to discuss her gripping new verse novel Gone for Good, a read-in-one-go thriller set in the troubled teen industry.
We also talk about screens, social media & protecting time for reading for pleasure.
🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/J0vXeb8
#SarahCrossan #YAlit
📚 For the National Year of Reading, we’re joined by
@gntread24.bsky.social from the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social to talk about youth librarians, the Carnegie Awards & building reading communities for young people.
It was one of the strongest messages that came through all our interviews. We absolutely need children to be able to read, but we also need a rethink about how we frame reading as a skill to be ticked off and make sure we bring some joy back to it.
📚 We chat with Susannah Lloyd about Badgers Are Go! Revenge of the Claw — ingenious disguises, pudding references, doing all the voices, and why children are excellent at naming characters.
A joyful listen for fans of funny children’s books.
#KidLitUK
#FunnyBooksForKids
#ReadingForPleasure
We hear regularly about a gap in ‘teen’ books. Although labelling them as such would probably be the kiss of death! Nate Lessore’s books are a good funny option for teen boys.
Thank you! Very excited about your new books - if you fancy coming on to talk about Hari Kumar and Super Uma we would love to have you.
Who decides which children’s books get published, promoted, and put into young readers’ hands? We explore publishing power, access, and why children’s books get so little media coverage.|
🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/ORdgY7U
#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure #ChildrensBooks
Totally agree - episode 3 covers this in more detail!
Thank you for all the reposts - if you want a giggle listen to the chat with Cath Howe #puffins
💬 If you run an organisation or event that supports children’s and young people’s reading, especially with activities planned for the National Year of Reading — we’d love to hear from you.
🌍 These conversations spotlight programmes, resources, and literary events, giving organisations the chance to share what they do and how families, schools and libraries can get involved!
📚 As part of the National Year of Reading, we’re sharing a series of short conversations with people who are passionate about promoting children's reading, about what they do and how you can get involved.
🎉 First up @moohara.bsky.social from Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest #UKKidLit #KidLitUK
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How do testing, technology & access to books affect children’s reading for pleasure? We hear from authors, teachers & librarians on the pressures shaping reading today and why it matters.
🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/Czich7o
#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure
Why aren’t children reading for pleasure and what can we do about it?
We look at the data, explore key barriers, and hear from authors, teachers & literacy experts working to change the story.
🎧 Listen now: https://loom.ly/7Zut6PU
#ReadingCrisis #ReadingForPleasure #teachers
📙 We chat with AM Dassu about her stunning new book Wild Journey — five interlinked stories about children around the world, connected by a murmuration of starlings and illustrated by Joe Lillington.
🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
Get ready for an exciting new series from Mostly Book Talk: The Reading Crisis. Launching soon!
