A Poem for National Poetry Day
On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer BY JOHN KEATS Much have I travell’d in the... Read More
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Nexus Fostering Agency Book Clubs
Nexus is a highly rated fostering agency. There are 6 offices nationwide and they have... Read More
Family Visits in Prison
With our partner organisations Prison Reading Groups and SafeGround we give children visiting their parent... Read More
A chat with Janet Ellis
Give a Book was delighted to have a chat to Janet Ellis the former Blue Peter... Read More
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Arnold Bennett, the novelist and writer, who died in 1931, has much to say about time,... Read More
Night of the Tall Poppies
HMP Grendon’s annual Six Book Challenge event celebrated reading and the benefits it brings. It... Read More
Heathmere Primary: leading to reading 2
July 2015 So exciting to see the ‘Leading to Reading’ project take shape at Heathmere... Read More
Reading Ahead with The Reading Agency
Reading Ahead is the new name for the Six Book Challenge which, since 2008, has... Read More
Heathmere Primary: leading to reading project
June 2015 Last week saw the start of the artist workshop sessions at Heathmere Primary... Read More
Book Rooms in Wormwood Scrubs open
On June 5th Rachel Billington declared open The Book Rooms in HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Those... Read More
The Readers’ Cup
Thomas’s Schools Foundation hosted their Readers’ Cup the other day and Give a Book was... Read More
A network of little libraries.
June 2015 Give a Book is delighted to be working with Little Free Library Network... Read More
Libraries: the most resilient network of all.
Roly Keating, the Director of the British Library, speaking at the Hay Literary Festival, said that... Read More
A new Magic Breakfast Book Club
Give a Book was delighted to be present at the opening of a new Magic... Read More