Patrick McGrath – The Empty House
Patrick McGrath is the author of several novels and short storycollections including The Grotesque, Spider,... Read More
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Book Clubs in Schools now have a new programme for primary schools – Picture Book... Read More
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Collaboration in Action: Strengthening Children’s Reading Through Shared Learning and Collective Impact
Give a Book along with Coram Beanstalk and Chapter One worked together to create The... Read More
The Pleasure of Reading
The Pleasure of Reading: 43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them, edited by Antonia Fraser, is out now. All royalties go to Give a Book.
“A collection of writers’ favourites on behalf of the formidable Give a Book charity”
Peter Stothard, TLS
“Do I need to say that the anthology makes for nearly irresistible reading?”
Michael Dirda, Washington Post
Adam Nicolson is the winner of our 2024 Pleasure of Reading Prize.
