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This #NationalYearofReading, we're all trying to find a few more opportunities to #goallin with reading 📚️

The bank holiday weekend is the perfect time to grab a spare moment and settle down with a book.

Not sure where to start? Take some inspiration from the books in 'My Year of Reading Welshly'!

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1 WEEK TO GO!
📚️ ✍️ Don't miss out on submitting a piece for Fonds 3! buff.ly/wHEAaSK

Categories: Prose | Poetry & Script | Word & Image
Deadline: 10 Apr 2026

#dmuwriters @dmu.ac.uk #NationalYearofReading
@librarydmu.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social

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National Year of Reading: Nurturing multilingual learners - SecEd Practical strategies to build reading engagement for EAL pupils across subjects during the National Year of Reading

How can secondary schools boost reading for multilingual learners? With the #NationalYearOfReading underway, we asked @thebellfoundation.bsky.social for some practical EAL‑inclusive strategies suitable for all subjects: buff.ly/Txf5jsl #EAL #ReadingForPleasure #Literacy #Schools #Teaching

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We're very proud to have multi-award-winning author Ali Smith as an ambassador.

Ali shares our philosophy that you can 'give a book and change a life'. Thank you, Ali, for your support.

#CharityTuesday #AliSmith #BooksChangeLives #GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading

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Happy National Year of Reading 2026! Exact Editions has created a collection of open sample pages from over 20 publications to encourage reading at your school, under the themes of fashion, sport, nature, and music.

Get reading!:

exacted.me/ExactEdition...

#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearofReading

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📚️ ✍️ Don't miss out on submitting a piece for Fonds 3! buff.ly/wHEAaSK

Categories: Prose | Poetry & Script | Word & Image
Deadline: 10 Apr 2026

#dmuwriters @dmu.ac.uk #NationalYearofReading
@librarydmu.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social

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Summer term activity is now live!

As part of the #NationalYearofReading 2026, we’re excited to share a fantastic range of free resources.

🏫 Schools & early years settings: tinyurl.com/4ct86uu9

👤 Individuals: tinyurl.com/3f7k4s2u

#Education #Schools #Teachers #Reading

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A fantastic celebration of reading in Warwickshire! 📚 Over 500 young people joined the Secondary Book Awards—full of energy and love for books. Congrats to winner Jenny Pearson (Shrapnel Boys) and all shortlisted authors. A brilliant showcase of young voices and creativity.
#NationalYearOfReading

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Claire Foy joins CBeebies Bedtime Stories to celebrate the magic of storytelling Once Upon a Time is a year-long celebration of content inspired by the British Library’s Fairy Tales exhibition

📚Claire Foy joins #CBeebies Bedtime Stories to celebrate the magic of #storytelling

Once Upon a Time is a year-long celebration of content reflecting the #NationalYearofReading

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A motivational message for parents of small children:
Read them to sleep.
Wake up their world.

A motivational message for parents of small children: Read them to sleep. Wake up their world.

A motivational message for young readers:
If you're into it, read into it.

A motivational message for young readers: If you're into it, read into it.

A motivational message for older readers:
Sink your teeth into a horror.

A motivational message for older readers: Sink your teeth into a horror.

Go all in for the National Year of Reading 2026.

Go all in for the National Year of Reading 2026.

Love these messages, currently flooding every school in the UK for the National Year of Reading.

And the message is: anything goes. Read what you like. There's a book out there for you.

Read who you are.

#NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #BookSky

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An image featuring an image of a woman's face beside the eAudiobook, Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickley, below text saying, Mairi's Musings.

An image featuring an image of a woman's face beside the eAudiobook, Deep Cuts, by Holly Brickley, below text saying, Mairi's Musings.

A poster with text saying, Whatever you're into, read into it. Discover your local library. THE READING AGENCY. GO ALL IN. National Year of Reading 2026.

A poster with text saying, Whatever you're into, read into it. Discover your local library. THE READING AGENCY. GO ALL IN. National Year of Reading 2026.

In the latest episode of Mairi's Musings, Mairi talks about the eAudiobook, Deep Cuts, the debut novel by Holly Brickley. Find it on #BorrowBox. #NationalYearOfReading
shows.acast.com/lendingvoice...

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Tickets £6 in store or online from thebookery.org.uk/event/c-m-ew...

Tina Orr Munro Books Pan Macmillan #CMEwan #EyeSpy #CrimeFiction #PsychologicalThriller #AuthorEvent #TheBookeryEvents #IndependentBookshops #NationalYearofReading

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Whatever you're into, reading lets you Go All In on your passions.

Whether it's football, music, baking, family-time, SF, or... anything, if you're into it, read into it!
#GoAllIn2026
#NationalYearofReading

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Our ambassadors

Akin Alleyne

'Give a Book doesn’t just provide reading material. They provide hope, dignity, and real possibility for change.'

Our ambassadors Akin Alleyne 'Give a Book doesn’t just provide reading material. They provide hope, dignity, and real possibility for change.'

Akin Alleyne, Operational Governor at HM Prison and Probation Service, is a Give a Book ambassador.

Akin said: 'A book can shift the atmosphere of a wing, spark reflection, and remind someone that they still have a future worth investing in.'

#CharityTuesday #Charity #NationalYearOfReading

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Early bird booking for #YLGOxford26 ends this Friday. It is a fantastic programme of speakers & lots of your favourite publishers will be there in the exhibition space to chat to & nab freebies from! #KidLitUK #NationalYearOfReading #Libraries

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National Year of Reading: Nurturing multilingual learners - SecEd Practical strategies to build reading engagement for EAL pupils across subjects during the National Year of Reading

How can secondary schools boost reading for multilingual learners? With the #NationalYearOfReading underway, we asked @thebellfoundation.bsky.social for some practical EAL‑inclusive strategies suitable for all subjects: buff.ly/Txf5jsl #EAL #ReadingForPleasure #Literacy #Schools #Teaching

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We’re going all in, in fact we’re diving right in and finding out more about water on World Water Day!
These books are sure to make a splash!

#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearofReading #WorldWaterDay #ReadingTogether #Bookswithusallin

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A #haiku for #PoetryDay

Write your heart aloud
Fonds 3 seeks new words, new worlds
Seize the pen today

📚️ ✍️ Don't miss out on submitting a piece for Fonds 3! buff.ly/ntqQbWs
#dmuwriters @dmu.ac.uk #NationalYearofReading
@librarydmu.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social

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📚✨ National Year of Reading - Celebrating a Classic in Reception ✨📚

If you’re teaching Reception, explore our dedicated plan to help you bring this classic to life in your classroom: www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/topics/unit/...

#NationalYearOfReading #EarlyYears #ReceptionClass #ReadingForPleasure

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🌷 Riffing on @folklorethursday.bsky.social 'cheery' daffs, here is the gorge Flora Symbolica, 1870? and the #spring tulip, symbol of perfect love, elegance and #renewal. Phew! 😍
@librarydmu.bsky.social #folklorethursday #springequinox @dmu.ac.uk #EYAWildlife #NationalYearofReading

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National Year of Reading: Nurturing multilingual learners - SecEd Practical strategies to build reading engagement for EAL pupils across subjects during the National Year of Reading

How can secondary schools boost reading for multilingual learners? With the #NationalYearOfReading underway, we asked @thebellfoundation.bsky.social for some practical EAL‑inclusive strategies suitable for all subjects: buff.ly/Txf5jsl #EAL #ReadingForPleasure #Literacy #Schools #Teaching

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A display of books with the hashtag National Year of Reading

A display of books with the hashtag National Year of Reading

2026 is the #NationalYearOfReading so we're joining in with the national campaign to encourage people back to reading. 📚

We've made a display of shorter books, all under 200 pages, and each book has a simple label with 3 words to help people find a book to suit them.

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BBC Arts announces major new series on Charles Dickens for the National Year of Reading 2026 A bold new series explores the life and inspirations of the nineteenth-century novelist, journalist and social campaigner

📢 Major new series on Charles #Dickens announced for the #NationalYearofReading 2026

A restless insomniac, the bold series from #BBCArts will explore how Dickens drew inspiration from the people and stories he encountered in Victorian London

More 👇🏻

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A photo of Frank Cottrell-Boyce and a young child making hand symbols while enjoying a book together plus the BookTrust Bookstart logo and the words: "Webinar: Celebrating the National Year of Reading - join BookTrust and Frank Cottrell-Boyce - 10.30am, Monday 23 March" plus a circle reading "One week to go"

A photo of Frank Cottrell-Boyce and a young child making hand symbols while enjoying a book together plus the BookTrust Bookstart logo and the words: "Webinar: Celebrating the National Year of Reading - join BookTrust and Frank Cottrell-Boyce - 10.30am, Monday 23 March" plus a circle reading "One week to go"

📢 There's just one week to go until our #NationalYearOfReading webinar with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce!

Join us to find out more about how we can work together to support families to share stories in the early years:

https://bit.ly/4l68Nyv #NationalYearOfReading2026

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National Year of Reading: Nurturing multilingual learners - SecEd Practical strategies to build reading engagement for EAL pupils across subjects during the National Year of Reading

How can secondary schools boost reading for multilingual learners? With the #NationalYearOfReading underway, we asked @thebellfoundation.bsky.social for some practical EAL‑inclusive strategies suitable for all subjects: buff.ly/Txf5jsl #EAL #ReadingForPleasure #Literacy #Schools #Teaching

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📚 Free CPD for the National Year of Reading!

Watch our recorded webinars with Barbara Band for practical ideas on supporting reading for pleasure in school libraries.

🎥 Free recordings:
cilipslg.com/national-yea...

#SchoolLibraries #NationalYearOfReading @cilip.bsky.social

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‘It’s like a giant book club’: how schools are getting children excited about reading again In the National Year of Reading, teachers say a culture of enthusiasm, from dress-up days, story time and book clubs, can reverse a national decline

Research has shown there is a reading for pleasure crisis among children in the UK, where enjoyment of books has fallen to its lowest level in two decades.

#NationalYearofReading

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Are you an early years or primary educator? We're running a professional learning programme exploring our Learning to Read in the #EarlyYears resource & connecting research with classroom practice.
⏰ Sign-up deadline: Tuesday 17 March
Register now👇
https://ow.ly/urqa50Yoz8v

#NationalYearOfReading

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Some great opening words at yesterdays #LondonBookFair breakfast briefing from Julie Finch, CEO at @hayfestival.bsky.social #NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #BookSky

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@scholasticuk.bsky.social #PhilipReeve #BridgeOfStorms #MortalEngines #TamzinPook #FantasyReads #EpicFantasy #SciFantasy #Worldbuilding #TheBookery #AuthorEvent #IndependentBookshops #NationalYearOfReading

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