Longwood Primary School Illustrator Visit
In November 2023, the Give a Book team visited Longwood Primary School in Tamworth for... Read More
Archive: Blog
BCIS: How to Start a Science Book Club
The why I always start with the why and for me, a book club was... Read More
The Risk and Reward of Recommending Books
Master the art of matching the perfect book to even the most reluctant reader with our guest blog from Twinkl's Adam Morris! Read More
Children Heard & Seen: Teddy Bear’s Picnic
Summer 2022 saw our collaboration with Children Heard & Seen, a charity supporting children and families... Read More
Volunteers’ Week
We're celebrating our wonderful Volunteers who bring our projects to life and help us get books to where they're needed most! Read More
Book of the Month
Book of the Month: Each month a special guest of Give a Book shares a book recommendation which is then sent to a Give a Book reading project. Read More
Lithuanian Day of the Book Smugglers
Each year March 16th marks Lithuania's Day of the Book Smugglers to commemorate those involved in smuggling banned Lithuanian books into the country to preserve the Lithuanian language. Read More
Nightingale Community Academy: Guest Blog
In December 2020 Give a Book sent a Christmas book bundle to Nightingale Community Academy.... Read More
Looking it Up
We have a monthly slot here on the Give a Book website, our pride and... Read More
Guest Blogger: David Kendall ‘The Uses of Literacy’
The currency of prison is time. ‘Use your time’ is a line often repeated on... Read More
Give a Book drops in on a school book club
Give a Book was recently invited to see Sydenham School’s book club in action. Sophia... Read More
Guest Blogger: Emmanuel De Silva II
In 2015 HMP Wormwood Scrubs was one of the most violent prisons in the United... Read More
Life Wordsmith
Lovely book blogger Life Wordsmith has blogged about us. Read it here. Thanks for your... Read More